As for your original request, you can try this code:

/*

Usage:

/cnnrss <number> [optional command], returns the title of the headline, followed by the url

If you don't specify a command, it will echo the headlines to the active window.

Examples:

/cnnrss 3
/cnnrss 5 msg #mychannel
/cnnrss 10 aline @cnn

Requirements: mIRC 6.16, should work on any version of Windows.

*/

Code:
alias cnnrss {
  if ($1 !isnum 1-) {
    echo -ac info * /cnnrss: must specify number of recent headlines
    return
  }
  var %t = $ticks, %rss = rss $+ %t, %nodecol = nodecol $+ %t, %item = item $+ %t
  var %children = children $+ %t, %cmd = $iif($2,$2-,echo -a), %tmp
  .comopen %rss Msxml2.DOMDocument
  if ($comerr) return COM Error
  %tmp = $com(%rss,async,4,bool,false)
  %tmp = $com(%rss,load,1,bstr*,http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_latest.rss)
  .comclose %rss $com(%rss,selectnodes,1,bstr*,/rss/channel/item,dispatch* %nodecol)
  var %i = 1, %ii = $comval(%nodecol,0)
  while (%i &lt;= $1) &amp;&amp; (%i &lt;= %ii) {
    %tmp = $com(%nodecol,item,1,uint,%i,dispatch* %item) 
    if ($com(%item)) {
      .comclose %item $com(%item,childnodes,3,dispatch* %children) 
      if ($com(%children)) {
        %cmd %i - $comval(%children,1,text) ** $deltok($comval(%children,2,text),-1,63)
        .comclose %children
      }
    }
    inc %i
  }
  .comclose %nodecol
}

Gone.