By Rob Harris Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England -- Gillian Gibbons' family gathered with beer, wine and flowers Monday, waiting to welcome home the British teacher jailed by Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

A British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a writing project arrived home Tuesday after being pardoned - ending a case that set off an international outcry and angered many moderate Muslims.

By Opheera McDoom IN KHARTOUM GILLIAN Gibbons, the teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her seven-year-old pupils name a teddy bear Mohammed, was today granted a presidential pardon.

A British teacher jailed for insulting Islam after allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad was released Monday when Sudan's president pardoned her, a British Embassy spokesman said.

Sudan's president on Monday pardoned a British teacher jailed here for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad - putting an end to a case that has outraged Britons and Muslims around the world.