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London, June 22 : Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is a huge fan of cupping therapy, a form of acupuncture which involves heating glass cups and placing them at various points on your back.

The 36-year-old actress created a stir when she attended a film premiere in 2004 with huge red circles across her shoulder blades, fuelling speculations as to who might have done that.

Five years on, the `Shakespeare in Love' star is still advocating the painful process.

"Don't get me wrong," the Daily Express quoted her as having written on the lifestyle website Goop.

London, June 22 : World No. 3 Andy Murray has revealed how his Wimbledon exit in 2008 at the hands of Rafael Nadal turned him into one of the fittest players in the world.

Murray said his loss to Nadal in last year's Wimbledon quarterfinal was the moment he stepped up his fitness training.

The British ace had already made great strides with his fitness by the time he faced Nadal in the quarter-finals 12 months ago, but was left in no doubt there was still more hard work to be done.

Islamabad, June 22 : The United States' Central Intelligence Agency chief, Leon E Panetta, will visit Pakistan soon in a bid to persuade Islamabad to let New Delhi play an important role in the US-led counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Though US Embassy declined to comment on the matter officially, The Nation's diplomatic sources revealed that Panetta, in line with US AfPak policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, would discuss these proposals with Pakistani authorities during his upcoming visit.

Washington, June 22 : A new research points out that the Tlaltecuhtli Cult in ancient Mexico was meant exclusively for priesthood.

According to a report in Art Daily, archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma said that cult to dual deity Tlaltecuhtli (lord/lady) among Mexica people was restricted to priesthood, as there is no temple known to present devoted exclusively to Tlaltecuhtli.

After the disastrous show of his team ‘KKR’ at the IPL Season 2, it seems that Shahrukh Khan does not want to take any other risks.

SRK has reportedly turned down Ashutosh Gowariker’s offer in his upcoming flick.

According to the sources, SRK was offered a role opposite Rani Mukherjee by Ashutosh, but the actor categorically said a big ‘NO’, thanks to the disaster of ‘Swades’.

The source revealed, “Ashutosh had apparently told Shah Rukh that he could even co-produce the film and follow profit sharing module, but even this did not evoke a favourable response.”