[rt-users] "unicode" warnings

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I am curently import data into rt 3 (3.0.7_01) and I have the followign 
message repeated in the logs
for each binary Attachments:
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[warning]: DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:  invalid byte sequence for 
encoding "UNICODE": 0xe0 at 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/DBIx/SearchBuilder/Handle.pm line 410.
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The attachment is subsequently not created.

What could be the cause of this problem, and how can I solve it?