Obama Condemns Libya Amid Stalled Evacuation.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama broke four days of silence on Wednesday to ''strongly condemn'' the Libyan government's violent crackdown on protesters and said his administration was considering a range of responses to the bloody clashes unfolding in the oil-rich North African state. Calling it ''imperative that the nations and peoples of the world speak with one voice,'' Mr. Obama said he was dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Geneva next Monday to meet with top diplomats on how to respond to the crisis. ''The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous, and it is unacceptable,'' Mr. Obama said at the White House after meeting with Mrs. Clinton. ''These actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. This violence must stop.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]