using System;

using System.Net;

using System.Xml;

using System.Data; 

Imports System

Imports System.Net

Imports System.Xml

Imports System.Data

private void GetRSS()

{

    //Create a WebRequest

    WebRequest rssReq =

    WebRequest.Create("http://www.asp.net/news/rss.ashx");

    //Create a Proxy

    WebProxy px = new WebProxy("http://www.asp.net/news/rss.ashx", true);

    //Assign the proxy to the WebRequest

    rssReq.Proxy = px;

    //Set the timeout in Seconds for the WebRequest

    rssReq.Timeout = 5000;

    try

    {

        //Get the WebResponse

        WebResponse rep = rssReq.GetResponse();

        //Read the Response in a XMLTextReader

        XmlTextReader xtr = new XmlTextReader(rep.GetResponseStream());

        //Create a new DataSet

        DataSet ds = new DataSet();

        //Read the Response into the DataSet

        ds.ReadXml(xtr);

        //Bind the Results to the Repeater

        rssRepeater.DataSource = ds.Tables[2];

        rssRepeater.DataBind();

    }

    catch(Exception ex)

    {

        throw ex;

    }

}

Private Sub GetRSS()

 'Create a WebRequest

 Dim rssReq As WebRequest =

 WebRequest.Create("http://www.asp.net/news/rss.ashx")

 'Create a Proxy

 Dim px As New WebProxy("http://www.asp.net/news/rss.ashx", True)

 'Assign the proxy to the WebRequest

 rssReq.Proxy = px

 'Set the timeout in Seconds for the WebRequest

 rssReq.Timeout = 5000

 Try

   'Get the WebResponse

   Dim rep As WebResponse = rssReq.GetResponse()

   'Read the Response in a XMLTextReader

   Dim xtr As New XmlTextReader(rep.GetResponseStream())

   'Create a new DataSet

   Dim ds As New DataSet()

   'Read the Response into the DataSet

   ds.ReadXml(xtr)

   'Bind the Results to the Repeater

   rssRepeater.DataSource = ds.Tables(2)

   rssRepeater.DataBind()

  Catch ex As Exception

            Throw ex

  End Try

End Sub

<asp:Repeater ID = "rssRepeater" runat = "server">

<ItemTemplate>

  <table style="border:solid 1px black;width:500px;font-family:Arial">

        <tr>

            <td style=" font-weight:bold">

                <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"

                NavigateUrl = '<%#Eval("link")%>'

                Text = '<%#Eval("title")%>'></asp:HyperLink>

            </td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td><hr /></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td style="background-color:#C2D69B">

                <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"

                 Text='<%#Eval("description")%>'></asp:Label>

            </td>

        </tr>

  </table>

  <br />

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>