diff --git a/weboob/backends/newsfeed/__init__.py b/weboob/backends/newsfeed/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2010  Romain Bignon
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+
+from .backend import NewsFeedBackend
+
+__all__ = ['NewsFeedBackend']
diff --git a/weboob/backends/newsfeed/backend.py b/weboob/backends/newsfeed/backend.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from weboob.tools.backend import BaseBackend
+from weboob.capabilities.messages import ICapMessages, Message, Thread
+import datetime
+import feedparser
+
+    
+
+class Article:
+    def __init__(self, entry):
+        self.id = entry.id
+        if entry.has_key("link"):
+            self.link = entry["link"]
+        if entry.has_key("title"):
+            self.title = entry["title"]
+        else:
+            self.title = None
+        if entry.has_key("author"):
+            self.author = entry["author"]
+        else:
+            self.author = None
+        if entry.has_key("updated_parsed"):
+            updated_parsed = entry["updated_parsed"]
+            self.datetime = datetime.datetime(updated_parsed.tm_year,
+                                              updated_parsed.tm_mon,
+                                              updated_parsed.tm_mday,
+                                              updated_parsed.tm_hour,
+                                              updated_parsed.tm_min,
+                                              updated_parsed.tm_sec)
+        else:
+            self.datetime = None
+        if entry.has_key("content"):
+            self.content = entry["content"][0]["value"]
+        else:
+            self.content = None
+
+
+class NewsFeed:
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        self.feed = feedparser.parse(url)
+
+    
+        
+
+    def iter_articles(self):
+        for entry in self.feed['entries']:
+            yield Article(entry)
+
+    def get_article(self, id):
+        for entry in self.feed['entries']:
+            if entry.id == id:
+                return Article(entry)
+            
+
+
+    
+
+class NewsFeedBackend(BaseBackend, ICapMessages):
+    NAME = 'newsfeed'
+    MAINTAINER = "Clement Schreiner"
+    EMAIL = "clemux@clemux.info"
+    VERSION = "0.1"
+    DESCRIPTION = "News feeds"
+    LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+    CONFIG = {'url': BaseBackend.ConfigField(description='URL to the feed'),}
+    STORAGE = {'seen': {}}
+    
+              
+    def iter_threads(self):
+        for article in NewsFeed(self.config["url"]).iter_articles():
+            thread = Thread(article.id)
+            thread.title = article.title
+            yield thread
+            
+        
+
+    def get_thread(self, id):
+        if isinstance(id, Thread):
+            thread = id
+            id = thread.id
+        else:
+            thread = Thread(id)
+        article = NewsFeed(self.config["url"]).get_article(id)
+        flags = 0
+        if not thread.id in self.storage.get('seen', default={}):
+            flags |= Message.IS_UNREAD
+        thread.title = article.title
+        thread.root = Message(thread=thread,
+                              id=0,
+                              title=article.title,
+                              sender=article.author,
+                              receiver=None,
+                              date=article.datetime,
+                              parent=None,
+                              content=article.content,
+                              flags=flags)
+        return thread
+                              
+        
+
+    def iter_unread_messages(self, thread=None):
+        for thread in self.iter_threads():
+            for m in thread.iter_all_messages():
+                if m.flags & m.IS_UNREAD:
+                    yield m
+
+
+    def set_message_read(self, message):
+        self.storage.set('seen', message.thread.id)
+        self.storage.save()