Удаление юникода \u2026 как символов в строке в python2.7

Question

У меня есть строка в Python2.7, как это,

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

Как мне преобразовать это в это,

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!