TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday after failing to replace a government pulled apart by acrimony between his Islamist allies and their secular opponents. Jebali ha d threatened to quit if his plan for a non-partisan cabinet of technocrats to lead the north African country into early elections foundered. In the end it was his own party, Ennahda, that rejected the proposal, prolonging the political stand-off that has cast a shadow over Tunisia's fledgling democracy and deepened an economic crisis. … Leighton in talks with Ontario Teachers to sell telco assets
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Leighton Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it was in negotiations to sell 70 percent of its telecommunication assets, including its NextGen Networks fiber-optic business, to Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. The sale values the entire assets, which include NextGen and two other data centre facilities Metronode and Infoplex, at A$885 million ($916 million), Leighton said in a statement. “The sale price represents a compelling value creating proposition for Leighton Holdings’ shareholders,” Leighton CEO Hamish Tyrwhitt said in the statement. The $117. …
Cuba's Raul Castro meets with U.S. congressional delegation
HAVANA (Reuters) – A seven-member U.S. congressional delegation met on Tuesday with Cuban President Raul Castro, official media reported, to improve relations that have been strained since U.S. government contractor Alan Gross was imprisoned there in 2009. Members of the group, which arrived on Monday, also met with Gross, said a delegation member who asked not to be identified. … 
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