British teacher held in Sudan over teddy bear's name


	British teacher held in Sudan over teddy bear's name

caoilfhionn

11-27-2007 6:28 AM

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teddy bear, sudan, mohammed

caoilfhionn says:

It's fitting that they would be outraged about this, just as they're outraged about cartoons and other perceived 'offenses'.

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11-27-2007 7:25 AM

Deepti

here we go again....

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