Colombo, Apr. 21: Though there are no comments on the pro-rebel Web site that the movement uses to issue its statements, official communiqués and news reports, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Tuesday said that it would not surrender to the Sri Lanka armed forces, and added that their leader V. Prabhakaran was still alive and directing the counter-offensive in Puthumattalam despite an army noon deadline for surrender.

“We will never surrender and will fight till we can. The international community must intervene in the issue,” a statement reportedly issued by the rebel outfit said.

Frankfurt - Shares in Europe's biggest telecoms group Deutsche Telekom AG dropped more than 10 per cent Tuesday after it warned about a fall in profits this year as the global recession and intense market competition hit the company's earnings.

German-based Telekom said it expects adjusted 2009 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to fall between 2 and 4 per cent. Its shares stood at 8.67 euros in early afternoon trading.

Madrid - Spain's conservative opposition was under pressure Tuesday for wrongly identifying 30 of the 75 victims in the worst air crash in the history of Spanish peacekeeping missions.

Critics were calling on then conservative defence minister Federico Trillo to assume his responsibilities while a trial of the three military officers who had overseen the identification of the bodies was drawing to a close.

New Delhi/Chennai, Apr. 21: Minister of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma, said Tuesday that the Indian Government is carefully monitoring the emerging situation in Sri Lanka, and was well aware and concerned about the plight of civilian Tamils in the island nation.

He, however, said that Prabhakaran is a proclaimed offender and the LTTE is a terrorist outfit and it should be treated on par with such other organisations,"

Kareena was supposed to leave for a month-long schedule of Rensil D’Silva’s film. But she opted for a sudden change of plan .

April 20 happened to be Kareena’s mother’s birthday. Mama as usual insisted that Kareena must not allow her work to suffer.

But while shooting an ad with Imtiaz Ali in Chandigarh two days prior to mom’s birthday Kareena suddenly decided to make April 20 a special day for her mom.