Infinite Loop in Babel with Rotating Sidewaystable

Infinite Loop in Babel with Rotating Sidewaystable

I don't know whether this is a babel or a rotating bug, and I have filed a report with Debian (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=710031), but perhaps someone knows a workaround. The following code results in an infinite loop:
\documentclass[12pt,twoside,openany]{book}
\usepackage[USenglish]{babel}
\usepackage{rotating}

\tracingall

\begin{document}

\begin{sidewaystable}[htbp]\footnotesize
\centering{
\caption{\textbf{babel and sidewaystable}}
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{l l}
Hello &   World \\
\end{tabular*}
}
\end{sidewaystable}

\end{document}
If you turn "sidewaystable" into "table" it works just fine. I encountered one other error with babel after upgrading recently, namely an infinite loop with nicefrac. Any insight, advice?