Index: Feed/Abstract.php
===================================================================
--- Feed/Abstract.php	(revision 9593)
+++ Feed/Abstract.php	(working copy)
@@ -77,18 +77,22 @@
             $client->setUri($uri);
             $response = $client->request('GET');
             if ($response->getStatus() !== 200) {
-                /** 
+                /**
                  * @see Zend_Feed_Exception
                  */
                 require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
-            	throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Feed failed to load, got response code ' . $response->getStatus());
+                throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Feed failed to load, got response code ' . $response->getStatus());
             }
             $this->_element = $response->getBody();
             $this->__wakeup();
         } elseif ($string !== null) {
-            // Retrieve the feed from $string
             $this->_element = $string;
-            $this->__wakeup();
+            if (is_object($string)) {
+                $this->_buildEntryCache();
+            } else {
+                // Retrieve the feed from $string
+                $this->__wakeup();
+            }
         } else {
             // Generate the feed from the array
             $header = $builder->getHeader();
@@ -110,7 +114,8 @@
     public function __wakeup()
     {
         @ini_set('track_errors', 1);
-        $doc = @DOMDocument::loadXML($this->_element);
+        $doc = new DOMDocument();
+        @$doc->load($this->_element);
         @ini_restore('track_errors');
 
         if (!$doc) {
@@ -122,8 +127,8 @@
                     $php_errormsg = '(error message not available)';
                 }
             }
-            
-            /** 
+
+            /**
              * @see Zend_Feed_Exception
              */
             require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
Index: Feed.php
===================================================================
--- Feed.php	(revision 9593)
+++ Feed.php	(working copy)
@@ -156,7 +156,41 @@
         self::$_namespaces[$prefix] = $namespaceURI;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Imports a feed located at $uri without using Zend_Http_Client.
+     *
+     * @param  string $uri
+     * @throws Zend_Feed_Exception
+     * @return Zend_Feed_Abstract
+     */
+    public static function importRaw($uri)
+    {
+        // Load the feed as an XML DOMDocument object
+        @ini_set('track_errors', 1);
+        $doc = new DOMDocument();
+        @$doc->load($uri);
+        @ini_restore('track_errors');
 
+        if (!$doc) {
+            // prevent the class to generate an undefined variable notice (ZF-2590)
+            if (!isset($php_errormsg)) {
+                if (function_exists('xdebug_is_enabled')) {
+                    $php_errormsg = '(error message not available, when XDebug is running)';
+                } else {
+                    $php_errormsg = '(error message not available)';
+                }
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * @see Zend_Feed_Exception
+             */
+            require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
+            throw new Zend_Feed_Exception("DOMDocument cannot parse XML: $php_errormsg");
+        }
+
+        return self::createReaderInstance($doc);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Imports a feed located at $uri.
      *
@@ -192,7 +226,8 @@
     {
         // Load the feed as an XML DOMDocument object
         @ini_set('track_errors', 1);
-        $doc = @DOMDocument::loadXML($string);
+        $doc = new DOMDocument();
+        @$doc->loadXML($string);
         @ini_restore('track_errors');
 
         if (!$doc) {
@@ -212,6 +247,18 @@
             throw new Zend_Feed_Exception("DOMDocument cannot parse XML: $php_errormsg");
         }
 
+        return self::createReaderInstance($doc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines the feed reader class to instanciate
+     *
+     * @param  DOMDocument $doc
+     * @throws Zend_Feed_Exception
+     * @return Zend_Feed_Abstract
+     */
+    private static function createReaderInstance($doc)
+    {
         // Try to find the base feed element or a single <entry> of an Atom feed
         if ($doc->getElementsByTagName('feed')->item(0) ||
             $doc->getElementsByTagName('entry')->item(0)) {
@@ -220,7 +267,7 @@
              */
             require_once 'Zend/Feed/Atom.php';
             // return a newly created Zend_Feed_Atom object
-            return new Zend_Feed_Atom(null, $string);
+            return new Zend_Feed_Atom(null, $doc->getElementsByTagName('feed')->item(0));
         }
 
         // Try to find the base feed element of an RSS feed
@@ -230,10 +277,10 @@
              */
             require_once 'Zend/Feed/Rss.php';
             // return a newly created Zend_Feed_Rss object
-            return new Zend_Feed_Rss(null, $string);
+            return new Zend_Feed_Rss(null, $doc->getElementsByTagName('channel')->item(0));
         }
 
-        // $string does not appear to be a valid feed of the supported types
+        // $doc does not appear to be a valid feed of the supported types
         /**
          * @see Zend_Feed_Exception
          */
@@ -241,7 +288,6 @@
         throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Invalid or unsupported feed format');
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Imports a feed from a file located at $filename.
      *