-- Khartoum -- Gibbons issued a statement saying she has great respect for Islam, and apologizing for any distress she had caused to the people of Sudan. She is expected to leave the country as soon as possible.Anybody know... what happened to the poor bear?
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UPDATE: Bad news on the Teddy front.
**********RELATED: The smelly armpit of Africa
Thanks to the Gillian Gibbons saga, Sudan has managed to transform its public image from pariah state to something approaching a laughing stock.
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