On Tuesday, China expressed firm opposition to the test but called for a calm response by all sides.
China - which backed the UN condemnation - summoned North Korea's ambassador in Beijing to express "firm opposition" to the test, the foreign ministry said.
Led by the normally dynamic captain of Italy, Sergio Parisse, who said the conditions were the toughest he'd played in, the Barbarians forwards seemed determined to physically test their opposition early on.
As in 2006 and 2009, in near-identical language, the foreign ministry expressed "firm opposition" to the test, called on Pyongyang not to provoke further, and urged everyone else to keep calm and carry on.
The Foreign Ministry expressed "firm opposition" to Pyongyang's third test in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, but did not specify further action.
China expressed "firm opposition" to its ally's test, urging the North to honour its commitment to denuclearisation and "not take any actions which might worsen the situation".
Such lofty ambitions have now been drastically readjusted but the lowest- ranked team still standing in the FA Cup at the time of kick-off did their utmost to capitalise on a rare chance to test themselves against Premier League opposition.
"He has been earmarked for a role at the top of the order and I am sure he will be relishing the opportunity to test himself against high-quality opposition, " said Miller.
Not surprisingly perhaps, there was some initial opposition from driving inspectors to the introduction of this automated test centre.
The parliamentary by-elections are being seen as a key test of power between the Kanu party and the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (Ford-Kenya).
One early test will be a government proposal to limit electoral spending, blocked by the opposition.
There was also strong opposition to a number of other proposals, including whole-school performance bonuses based on test and exam results (76% disagreed with this) and the "fast-tracking" of bright graduates onto higher salaries (54% were opposed).
At Test level victory is secured by taking care of the small details better than your opposition and the Lions will have to be very precise to get the better of the Springboks.
That was a huge vote of confidence in Hook and demonstrated how well the 25-year-old had performed in opposition to first Ronan O'Gara - who during the match became the fifth man to reach 1000 Test points - and his 50th-minute replacement Jonathan Sexton.
The date of the elections will be set later by the country's Election Commission, but is widely expected to come within a few weeks and will test whether UMNO's traditional political planks of race, religion and economic stewardship can overcome the opposition's pitch for a more open and transparent society in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian country.
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