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Of course
However not without some coding.
the root file backend.php fetches the news items with the NewsStory::getAllPublished
In News 1.2, this method can take a parameter to select only certain news topic(s) so the call in backend.php can be modified to to take advantage of this.
If you are using the older version of News, you will have to work around it a bit differently (If I recall correctly... you may be able to specify ONE topic, but not multiple, in this earlier version)
I have some plans for the RSS feeds and backend.php for XOOPS 2.2 so it may be easier in the future.