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Eliminar unicode / u2026 como caracteres en una cadena en python2.7

Question

Tengo una cadena en python2.7 así,

 This is some /u03c0 text that has to be cleaned/u2026! it/u0027s annoying!

¿Cómo lo convierto a esto?

This is some text that has to be cleaned! its annoying!

Answer 1

>>> s
''This is some //u03c0 text that has to be cleaned//u2026! it//u0027s annoying!''
>>> print(s.decode(''unicode_escape'').encode(''ascii'',''ignore''))
This is some  text that has to be cleaned! it''s annoying!