Index: modules/nodereference/nodereference.module
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--- modules/nodereference/nodereference.module	(revision 2289)
+++ modules/nodereference/nodereference.module	(working copy)
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
   while ($node = db_fetch_object($result)) {
     $references[$node->nid] = array(
       'title' => $node->node_title,
-      'rendered' => check_plain($node->node_title),
+      'rendered' => $node->node_title,
     );
   }