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| Teddy row teacher heads to China | Teddy row teacher heads to China |
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| A Liverpool teacher who was jailed in Sudan for calling a teddy bear Mohammed, is preparing to start a new job at a school in China. | A Liverpool teacher who was jailed in Sudan for calling a teddy bear Mohammed, is preparing to start a new job at a school in China. |
| Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Aigburth, Liverpool, was spared flogging but was sentenced to 15 days in custody after being convicted of insulting Islam. | Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Aigburth, Liverpool, was spared flogging but was sentenced to 15 days in custody after being convicted of insulting Islam. |
| She was pardoned after eight days by President Omar al-Bashir last December. | She was pardoned after eight days by President Omar al-Bashir last December. |
| Mrs Gibbons will take up the 18-month post, at an English speaking school near Beijing, in two weeks. | |
| Hopefully this time she won't end up in prison Gill Langworthy, friend | |
| Her friend, Gill Langworthy, said Mrs Gibbons had not been put off by her experience in Sudan. | |
| She added, "Hopefully this time she won't end up in prison. | |
| "Gillian is really excited, she's a bit nervous, but excited. She has not let things put her off." | |
| Mrs Gibbons also said she had not ruled out working in a Muslim country again at some point. | Mrs Gibbons also said she had not ruled out working in a Muslim country again at some point. |
| The divorced mother of two was freed after two British Muslim peers flew to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to champion her cause. | The divorced mother of two was freed after two British Muslim peers flew to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to champion her cause. |
| Her treatment caused international outrage, with British Muslim groups describing it as excessive. |