libnews-newsrc-perl 1.09-3 (i386 binary) in ubuntu jaunty

 News::Newsrc manages newsrc files.
  Methods are provided for
  - reading and writing newsrc files
  - adding and removing newsgroups
  - changing the order of newsgroups
  - subscribing and unsubscribing from newsgroups
  - testing whether groups exist and are subscribed
  - marking and unmarking articles
  - testing whether articles are marked
  - returning lists of newsgroups
  - returning lists of articles