Código:
string url="http://barrapunto.com/index.rss";
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(url);
StringBuilder oBuilder = new StringBuilder();
StringWriter oStringWriter = new StringWriter(oBuilder);
XmlTextReader oXmlReader = new XmlTextReader(url);
XmlTextWriter oXmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(oStringWriter);
while (oXmlReader.Read())
{
oXmlWriter.WriteNode(oXmlReader, true);
}
oXmlReader.Close();
oXmlWriter.Close();
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(oBuilder.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(oBuilder.ToString());
espero que te sirva.
lees el xml de la url y lo cargas en xmlDocument y a trabjar con ello