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Snownews is a text mode RSS/RDF newsreader. It supports RSS 1.0 feeds that 
comply with the W3C RDF specification and also supports Radio Userland's 
RSS 0.91 and 2.0 versions.

Features:

    * Runs on Linux, *BSD, OS X (Darwin), Solaris and probably 
      many more Unices. Yes, even works under Cygwin.
    * Fast and very resource friendly.
    * Bultin HTTP client will follow server redirects and update feed 
      URLs that point to permanent redirects (301) automatically.
    * Snownews understands "Not-Modified" (304) server replies and handles 
      gzip/deflate Content-Encoding.
    * Local cache for minimal network traffic.
    * HTTP proxy support.
    * A help menu available throughout the program.
    * Automatic update checking (can be deactivated).
    * Few dependencies on external libraries; ncurses and libxml2.
    * Import feature for OPML subscription lists.
    * Fully customizable key bindings of all program functions.
    * Type Ahead Find for quick and easy navigation.

WWW: http://home.kcore.de/~kiza/software/snownews/