Python 2.4a3 (#1, Sep 9 2004, 23:16:47)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)] on linux2
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>>> u"ほげほげ"
u'\u307b\u3052\u307b\u3052'
>>>

やってみたらできちゃったけど。。。