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'The Theft of the Teddy Bear School' Article on the 'All Along the Nile' Blog - 7th November 2012

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The following article about the forging of the Unity High School Trust Deed and the ownership of the school appeared today on the 'All Along the Nile' blog on 7th November 2012: "After the Mohamed the Teddy bear fracas that tsunami’d across the globe’s press in 2007, you’d think that Unity High School in Sudan would be pretty careful about what other currents might be waiting to drag it back out as a fresh catch for the world’s press. "Well, they haven’t been and the school is once more at the centre of a major scandal. This one probably of no interest to those brandishing swords on the streets of Khartoum who were once calling for a British teachers head for naming a teddy bear after a child in her class. But it should be of interest in the UK. "Of interest because the school found itself involved in the disappearance of a substantial donation made in 1973 by the British Crown to the Church authorities who were in charge of Unity High School. Sudan at the time...