1 - no_accents
def no_accents(string):
replacements=[
(u"é","e"),
(u"ê","e"),
(u"è","e"),
(u"ë","e"),
(u"ô","o"),
(u"ó","o"),
(u"ù","u"),
(u"ú","u"),
(u"û","u"),
(u"ü","u"),
(u"î","i"),
(u"ï","i"),
(u"í","i"),
(u"â","a"),
(u"à","a"),
(u"á","a"),
(u"ä","a"),
(u"ñ","n")
]
for a, b in replacements:
string = string.replace(a, b)
return string