By Jeffrey Gettleman The British schoolteacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her 7- year-old pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad was pardoned Monday by president of Sudan before her deportation to England.

By MARTIN WILLIAMS FAMILY and colleagues of British teacher Gillian Gibbons spoke of their joy yesterday after Sudan's president granted a pardon allowing her to return home.

By ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU By Alfred de Montesquiou

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.