U.S. TO BOYCOTT ANTI-ISRAEL DURBAN II MEETING

U.S. to Boycott Anti-Israel Durban II Meeting - William C. Mann
The U.S. has decided not to attend next year's follow-up to the 2001 UN World Conference on Racism because the panel seems certain to repeat anti-Semitic and anti-Israel positions of the original gathering in Durban, South Africa, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) announced in a news release. The U.S. and Israel walked out of that conference, which ended two days before 9/11. Coleman said the decision came in response to a letter he and 26 fellow senators wrote to Secretary of State Rice. (AP/MSNBC)