Status update encoding issue

[nattu]

If the status message for a user contains the characters '<' or '>',
while
fetching through the API, the returned status contains the double html
encoded form of < and >, i.e., '&amp;&lt;' and '&amp;&gt;'. This is
causing
issues when used in our application.

http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
We are requesting the status update for which the new status is
returned.