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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administrationis issuing new recommendations on classroom discipline that seek to end theapparent disparities in how students of different races are punished forviolating school rules.Civil rights advocates have long saidthat a school-to-prison pipeline stems from overly zealous schooldiscipline policies tar
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WASHINGTON - For the Obama administration, it is finally now official: Muammar Qaddafi s time has come. In a private phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Barack Obama said the embattled Libyan leader must leave the country now because he has lost the legitimacy of his rule.Mr. Obama made the comments to Merkel Saturday as they discussed the violence in Libya. The White House says President Obama told Merkel that when a leader s only means
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stanley quencher Complete coverage: Anger in the Arab worldThe comments mark the first time that President Obama has called on Qaddafi to step down. President Obama signed an executive order Friday that froze assets held by Qaddafi and four of his children in the United States. On Saturday, U.S. government revoked visas for senior Libyan officials and their family members.United Nations ponders more Libya sanctionsQaddafi has launched a violent crackdown against protesters demanding his ouster. He has vowed a bloody fight to the end.The public call for Qaddafi s ouster is a noticeably different diplomatic tact than the one the Obama administration took in neighboring Egypt last month when former President Hosni Mubarak s supporters were using violent tactics to suppress anti-government demonstrations. In Egypt, Obama adminis
