Washington, Apr 30 : Hollywood actress Mia Farrow has revealed that magician David Blaine gave her some tips on how to endure her hunger strike for Darfur.

The 64-year-old actress, who is three days into her own starvation stunt, admits her mind is feeling "muddled and swimming".

Farrow said that she is getting advice from Blaine, who survived 44 days without food, while suspended in a perspex box above London, back in 2003.

New York, Apr. 30 : Under immense pressure from the United States and the international community, Pakistan has decided to shift around 6000 troops from its eastern border with India to the western Afghan border, The New York Times reports.

The newspaper, quoted a Pakistani official as confirming the movement of forces to a pre-Mumbai attack position.

Washington, Apr 30 : Actress Farah Fawcett, who is battling anal cancer, has quelled rumours stating that her health is deteriorating.

The Charlie''s Angels actress is resting at partner Ryan O''Neal''s Malibu pad following her recent hospitalization for internal bleeding, which was not directly related to her battle with anal cancer.

Rumors about rapid deterioration of her health began circulating when her incarcerated son Redmond O’Neal made a special visit to meet her in California, reports Contactmusic.

Washington, Apr. 30 : The Obama administration is attempting to head off efforts in Congress to place tough conditions on the multi-billion dollar assistance package it is seeking for Pakistan.

According to Politico, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers yesterday that conditions being proposed by both Democrats and Republican in Congress could “severely constrain” the U. S. strategy for Pakistan.

Washington, Apr 30 : Duke University bioengineers and surgeons have developed a new animal model for the painful nerve condition, known as sciatica, which could offer insights to help researchers diagnose and treat it.

Sciatica is characterised by numbness or pain from the lower back to the feet, radiating leg pain or difficulty in controlling the leg.

It is often caused by compression, or pinching, of any of the five nerve roots that combine to make up the sciatic nerve. These roots are the parts of the nerve that pass through openings in the spine to the spinal cord.