Create RSS flow based on new topics in a phpbb forum - rss

I want to be able to create a RSS flow based on the new topics that are created in a phpbb forum.
This forum has no rss subscription available and I'm not the owner of the forum so I cannot modify/add rss flow in the settings.
I already tried with http://createfeed.fivefilters.org/ and with a Yahoo pipe, I get the topics names great in the RSS flow.
My problem is that the same topics are coming again and again, several times a day.
Any idea how I can do to have only the NEW topics and/or messages ?
The forum in question is http://www.chartemontsdor.fr/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=5f9086b668372b8d9dc90210cfc15d3f

The simplest way would be to contact the forum admin and ask them to enable the Atom feed for the forum, which comes built into phpBB.

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