try:
status.feed_in.write_xml(file(feed_in_file, "w+"), "utf-8")
status.feed_out.write_xml(file(feed_out_file, "w+"), "utf-8")
try:
status.feed_in.write_xml(file(feed_in_file, "w+"), "utf-8")
status.feed_out.write_xml(file(feed_out_file, "w+"), "utf-8")