U.S.: Talking loud and saying nothing

Sudan escaped heavy criticism at the United Nations' top human rights forum as countries adopted a softly worded text on atrocities allegedly committed in the western Darfur region.

The decision enraged the United States which failed to push through a second vote for a stronger response to reports of attacks by Sudanese troops and Arab militias on black African civilians, in what could constitute war crimes.

And it drew anger from the Americans and advocacy groups, which accused the UN's Commission on Human Rights of failing to condemn the "ethnic cleansing" in the region.

At the U.N. Christian lives mean nothing; Muslim lives mean everything.