питон и карамба

import karamba

def initWidget(widget):
	global search, google, lorButton, lorSearch
	karamba.createBackgroundImage(widget, 0, 0, "bg.png")
	google = karamba.createInputBox(widget, 5, 6, 107, 23, "")
	lorSearch = karamba.createInputBox(widget, 5, 36, 107, 23, "")
	search = karamba.createImage(widget, 116, 6, "button.png")
	lorButton = karamba.createImage(widget, 116, 36, "button.png")
	karamba.attachClickArea(widget, lorButton, "", "", "")
	karamba.attachClickArea(widget, search, "", "", "")
	
def widgetUpdated(widget):
    pass


def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button):
	pass
	
def meterClicked(widget, meter, button):
	global search, answers
	
	if meter == search:
		query = karamba.getInputBoxValue(widget, google)
		karamba.execute("konqueror 'http://www.google.com/search?q="; +str(query)+"&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8'")
	elif meter == lorButton:
		query = karamba.getInputBoxValue(widget, lorSearch )
		karamba.execute("konqueror 'http://images.linux.org.ru/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q="; + str(query)+"'")

def widgetMouseMoved(widget, x, y, button):
	pass

print "апплет загружен"

вместо русских буковок передает конкверору вопросительные знаки.
у всех так или только у меня?