Teddy Bear Dipolmacy
Yes, sanity did prevail in the now famous Sudan Teddy Bear saga, as Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country.
Time Magazine thinks the real legacy left behind is the attention it gave to the autocratic abusiveness of the Sudanese government.
The BBC reports that approximately 40 people were arrested in Khartoum protesting Gibbons released. Despite these minor rumblings, the decision to release Gibbons was greeted by near unanimous praise by the international community.
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