UK peers to meet Sudan president / Miliband bids to free Sudan teacher / British Muslim Peers in Sudan to Appeal for Jailed Teacher / Canadian Muslims enter Sudanese teddy debate

Links to various stories (and some other items) from over the past day that update, most recently, the previous batch:

(See also related blog posts by Andrew Heavens and Rob Crilly. - EJM)

From the AP...

• "British Meet Teached Jailed in Sudan" (by Mohamed Osman)
• "British teacher jailed in Sudan reportedly says she is being well treated"

From AFP...

• "British mercy mission meets teacher jailed in Sudan"
• "Report: Jailed UK Teacher In Sudan Says She's Treated Well"

By Andrew Heavens, for Reuters

From DPA

From the Press Association...

• "Miliband bids to free Sudan teacher"
• "Muslim peers to meet Sudan president"
• "Hopes rise over jailed teacher" (earlier version)
• "Muslims in jailed teacher protest" (concerning protest at Sudanese embassy in London)

From the BBC...

• "UK peers to meet Sudan president" (latest basic story)
• "UK peers visit teddy row teacher" (earlier version)
• "Muslim UK politicians lobby Sudan to release teacher" (alternate version; reprinted by Australia's ABC)
• "British Sudanese defends teacher"

From the UK's "Times"

From the UK's "Observer"...

• "Jailed teacher 'in good spirits' as Muslim peers seek her release"
• "There's far more to Islam than a teddy" (column by Ed Husain)

From the UK's "Telegraph"...

• "I'd stay in Sudan if I could, says teddy teacher"
• "'We can't joke about the Prophet Mohammed'" (related semi-feature)
• "Zero tolerance of a rotten regime" (editorial)
• "I feel for Gillian Gibbons" (column by Jemima Khan)

From the UK's "Independent"

From the UK's "Sunday Herald"

From the UK's "Evening Standard"

From the UK's "Daily Express"

From the UK's "People"

From the "Liverpool Echo"...

• "New hope for Liverpool teacher jailed in Sudan"
• "When in Rome (or Sudan or Tehran) do as they do" (column by Dawn Collinson)

From the "Irish Independent"...

• "Incarcerated British teacher remains upbeat"
• "Muslims have to learn to integrate with us: It's not that Muslims are no fun but just that fundamentalism of any creed can't seem to take a joke" (column by Carol Hunt)

From inthenews.co.uk

From thisishampshire.net

From the "Yorkshire Post"

From the UK's "Mirror"

From Sky News (UK)

From ITN

A video report from the UK's Channel 4

From CNN

By Bloomberg's Karl Maier

From Panapress

From the "New York Post"

From RTE

From VOA

From ABC News (U.S.)

From Sky News Australia

From the "National Post"

From the "St. Petersburg Times"

A "New York Daily News" editorial

A "[Phoenix] Arizona Republic" editorial

A "Fort Worth Star-Telegram" editorial

A "Toledo Blade" editorial

A Fort Myers "News-Press" column by Dan Warner

A "La Crosse [Wisc.] Tribune" column by Richard Mial

An "Enid [Okla.] News and Eagle" column by Jeff Mullin

A "Khaleej Times" column by Aijaz Zaka Syed

An "Ottawa Citizen" column by David Warren

A "Savannah Morning News" column by Edward Fulford

A "Midland [Mich.] Daily News" column by Ian Gray

A syndicated column by Mark Steyn

An "Examiner" column by James Kirchick

A "Santa Cruz Sentinel" op-ed by Laina Farhat Holzman