# File lib/feedzirra/feed.rb, line 80
    def self.fetch_raw(urls, options = {})
      url_queue = [*urls]
      multi = Curl::Multi.new
      responses = {}
      url_queue.each do |url|
        easy = Curl::Easy.new(url) do |curl|
          curl.headers["User-Agent"]        = (options[:user_agent] || USER_AGENT)
          curl.headers["If-Modified-Since"] = options[:if_modified_since].httpdate if options.has_key?(:if_modified_since)
          curl.headers["If-None-Match"]     = options[:if_none_match] if options.has_key?(:if_none_match)
          curl.headers["Accept-encoding"]   = 'gzip, deflate' if options.has_key?(:compress)
          curl.follow_location = true
          curl.userpwd = options[:http_authentication].join(':') if options.has_key?(:http_authentication)
          
          curl.max_redirects = options[:max_redirects] if options[:max_redirects]
          curl.timeout = options[:timeout] if options[:timeout]

          curl.on_success do |c|
            responses[url] = decode_content(c)
          end
          curl.on_failure do |c, err|
            responses[url] = c.response_code
          end
        end
        multi.add(easy)
      end

      multi.perform
      urls.is_a?(String) ? responses.values.first : responses
    end