Create New Project Error

[Urgent Pro]

I am having problems creating a new project. Below is the stack trace

Notes: During the installation, pip could not find a django version 1.1.1. When using the latest django version 1.4 and running the syncdb, it gave an error about  XML module not found. I then tried django 1.2, but that gave a new project creation error similar to the one below but with a different name. Below is the 1.1.1 error. I believe it is about the character set for the token field in the project_project table.

Environment:

Request Method: POST

Request URL: http://MYSITE.com/projects/create/?org=1

Django Version: 1.1.1

Python Version: 2.6.6

Installed Applications:

['django.contrib.auth',

 'django.contrib.contenttypes',

 'django.contrib.sessions',

 'django.contrib.sites',

 'django.contrib.humanize',

 'django.contrib.markup',

 'django.contrib.admin',

 'pinax.templatetags',

 'django_openid',

 'emailconfirmation',

 'mailer',

 'announcements',

 'pagination',

 'timezones',

 'avatar',

 'threadedcomments',

 'ajax_validation',

 'tagging',

 'uni_form',

 'wiki',

 'django_sorting',

 'attachments',

 'django_markup',

 'django_filters',

 'staticfiles',

 'notification',

 'basic_profiles',

 'account',

 'signup_codes',

 'about',

 'tag_app',

 'tagging_utils',

 'threadedcomments_extras',

 'groups',

 'projects',

 'organizations',

 'topics',

 'activities',

 'django_extensions',

 'django_evolution',

 'extras',

 'activities',

 'tutorial',

 'api',

 'developer',

 'haystack',

 'favorites',

 'scrum_log']

Installed Middleware:

('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',

 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',

 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',

 'django_openid.consumer.SessionConsumer',

 'account.middleware.LocaleMiddleware',

 'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',

 'pagination.middleware.PaginationMiddleware',

 'django_sorting.middleware.SortingMiddleware',

 'pinax.middleware.security.HideSensistiveFieldsMiddleware',

 'django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware')

Traceback:

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response

  92.                 response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py" in __call__

  78.             return self.view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrumdo-web/apps/projects/views.py" in create

  380.             project.save()

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py" in save

  410.         self.save_base(force_insert=force_insert, force_update=force_update)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py" in save_base

  495.                     result = manager._insert(values, return_id=update_pk)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/manager.py" in _insert

  177.         return insert_query(self.model, values, **kwargs)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py" in insert_query

  1087.     return query.execute_sql(return_id)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/subqueries.py" in execute_sql

  320.         cursor = super(InsertQuery, self).execute_sql(None)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/query.py" in execute_sql

  2369.         cursor.execute(sql, params)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/util.py" in execute

  22.             sql = self.db.ops.last_executed_query(self.cursor, sql, params)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py" in last_executed_query

  213.             u_params = tuple([to_unicode(val) for val in params])

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py" in <lambda>

  211.         to_unicode = lambda s: force_unicode(s, strings_only=True)

File "/home/urgent/public/scrum.urgepro.com/scrum-env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/encoding.py" in force_unicode

  92.         raise DjangoUnicodeDecodeError(s, *e.args)

Exception Type: DjangoUnicodeDecodeError at /projects/create/

Exception Value: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xeb in position 2: invalid continuation byte. You passed in 'zg\xeb\xf4\xdf8\xfa' (<type 'str'>)