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Toy row teacher speaks of ordeal

A British teacher who was jailed over the naming of a teddy bear said Tuesday that she "got a bit more than I bargained for" during her stint in Sudan.

Time.com: The Teddy Bear Tumult's Legacy

The British teacher's ordeal shows Sudan's government must tread warily when dealing with their Islamic fundamentalists

Grudge sparked teddy bear crisis

In an effort to shut down Khartoum's Unity High School, a disgruntled former employee alerted Sudanese officials that a British teacher had allowed her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed," a British source and Sudanese presidential palace source told Time magazine's Sam Dealey.

Sudan protesters: Execute teacher

Hundreds of angry protesters, some waving ceremonial swords from trucks equipped with loud speakers, gathered Friday outside the presidential palace to denounce a teacher whose class named a teddy bear "Mohammed" -- some calling for her execution.

Sudan president to meet British lawmakers over teddy bear case

Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir on Monday morning will meet with two British lawmakers to discuss a possible pardon for a British teacher convicted of insulting religion, presidential palace sources told Time magazine's Sam Dealey on Sunday.

UK lawmakers meet teddy bear teacher

Two British Muslim lawmakers are reported to have met a British teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" and they said she was in good spirits.

'Teddy bear' teacher gets 15-day prison term in Sudan

A Sudanese court found a British teacher guilty of insulting religion and sentenced her to 15 days in prison Thursday for allowing a teddy bear to be named "Mohammed," British authorities and her lawyer reported.

Teacher charged in teddy bear case

A British teacher arrested in Sudan after allowing her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" has been charged by authorities with offending religion, British officials say.

Bid to stop whipping over toy bear

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that officials were working to secure the early release of a British teacher who faces being whipped in Sudan after she allowed her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed."

Reports: Sudan arrests UK teacher for teddy bear blasphemy

Sudan has arrested a British teacher for insulting faith and religion, the British Foreign Office said Monday.

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