Links to many stories (and a few other items) from over the past day that update, most recently, the previous batch:
(In addition to his "Times", "Scotsman", and "Christian Science Monitor" stories, Rob Crilly has a [brief] related new post on his blog. Also, Drima had an overview post on Tuesday that I had overlooked. - EJM)
From Reuters...
- "Sudan charges British teacher with insulting Islam" (primary story; by Opheera McDoom)
- "Jailed British teacher says Sudan treating her well" (earlier version; also by Opheera McDoom)
- "UK summons Sudanese ambassador over teacher arrest"
From AFP...
- "Sudan charges British teacher: faces jail, flogging" (primary story)
- "US concerned about charges against British teacher in Sudan"
From the AP...
- "Briton Charged in Muhammad Bear Case" (primary story; by Alfred De Montesquiou)
- "Britain summons Sudanese ambassador to discuss charges against teacher"
From the UK's "Times"...
- "Outrage as Sudan charges teddy row teacher, Gillian Gibbons" (from Thursday's print edition)
- "Hope of teacher, Gillian Gibbons's, quiet escape appear lost amid media noise" (related print-edition feature)
From the UK's "Guardian"...
- "British teacher charged with insulting Islam over teddy bear's name" (by Xan Rice and Andrew Heavens; from Thursday's print edition)
- "Sudan teacher charged with insulting religion" (earlier, Web-only version)
From the UK's "Telegraph"...
- "Teacher charged in Mohammed teddy row" (primary story)
- "My friend Mohammed" ("On Language" blog post by Christopher Howse)
- "Nothing is sacred - good" (blog post by Damian Lanigan)
- "British Muslims should protest teddy lunacy" (op-ed by MP Boris Johnson)
From the BBC...
- "Teacher charged over teddy row" (primary story)
- "Pupil defends Sudan row teacher" (earlier version)
- "What can't be named Muhammad?" ("Magazine" feature)
From the "Liverpool Echo"...
- "Teddy row teacher to face court" (newer version)
- "Sudan pupils defend Liverpool teacher" (earlier version)
From the UK's "Evening Standard"
By Jeffrey Gettleman of the "New York Times"
From the "Christian Science Monitor"
From CNN (partly by Andrew Heavens)
From CNS...
- "Sudan Charges Teacher Over Teddy Bear 'Blasphemy'" (newer version)
- "UK Presses Sudan to Release Teacher Held Over Teddy Bear 'Blasphemy'" (earlier version)
From Australia's SBS (composite story)
From the "New York Daily News" (composite story)
U.S. State Department statement








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