self.curdata = self.curdata + data.decode("utf-8")
 
     def handle_charref(self, name):
-        entity = unichr(int(name))
+        try:
+            entity = unichr(int(name))
+        except:
+            if name[0] == 'x':
+                try:
+                    entity = unichr(int('0%s' %(name,), 16))
+                except:
+                    entity = u'#%s' %(name,)
+            else:
+                entity = u'#%s' %(name,)
         self.curdata = self.curdata + unicode(entity.encode('utf-8'), \
             "utf-8")
 
         if item.has_key("content"):
             content = item["content"][0]["value"]
         else:
-            content = item["summary"]
+            content = item["description"]
 
         md5sum = md5.md5(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()