Why Obama can't just call Kim Jong Eun, as Dennis Rodman suggested

Why Obama can't just call Kim Jong Eun, as Dennis Rodman suggested

Why Obama can't just call Kim Jong Eun, as Dennis Rodman suggested

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:45 PM PST

Dennis Rodman famously (infamously?) offered President Obama a piece of diplomatic advice in his first public appearance since returning from North Korea.

"He wants Obama to do one thing: Call him," Rodman said of Kim Jong Eun on ABC's "This Week." "He said, 'If you can, Dennis I don't want [to] do war. I don't want to do war.' He said that to me."

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VIDEO: Hi-tech bid to end species smuggling

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:54 AM PST

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China set for People's Congress

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:56 AM PST

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Yemen suicide bomb attack kills 12

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:08 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:15 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:00 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:53 PM PST

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Germany's Merkel Yields on Gay Rights

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:19 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:59 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:54 AM PST

Nearly 200 governments are to meet in Thailand to discuss ways of halting the illegal trade in wildlife around the world.

VIDEO: Protests continue in Bangladesh

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:43 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:49 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:53 PM PST

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VIDEO: Protests continue in Bangladesh

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:43 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:33 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:23 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:14 PM PST

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Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:21 PM PST

A swarm of locusts crossed into Israel from neighboring Egypt on Monday, raising fears that Israel could be hit with a biblical plague ahead of the Passover holiday.

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