The US finally bows out of Durban II....

Well, it took them long enough....for weeks, they couldn't decide if they were really out...or perhaps in...

The United States will boycott next week's United Nations conference on racism in Geneva because of "objectionable" language in the meeting's final document, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday.

"It now seems certain these remaining concerns will not be addressed in the document to be adopted by the conference next week. Therefore, with regret, the United States will not join the review conference," said State Department spokesman Robert Wood.