81.   North Korea has said it will view international sanctions as a declaration of war.

82.   North Korea has said it would take sanctions as a declaration of war.

83.   North Korea has also threatened to take any sanctions as an act of war.

84.   North Korea has said it will regard sanctions as an act of war.

85.   North Korea has said it would regard sanctions as a declaration of war and on Thursday accused the United States of sending military reinforcements to the Korean peninsula.

86.   North Korea reiterated its warning Friday that it would regard any sanctions as a declaration of war both by those responsible for imposing sanctions and anyone who supported them.

87.   Pyongyang has consistently said it will regard sanctions as a declaration of war.

88.   Pyongyang denies any nuclear ambitions and has said it would consider sanctions as a declaration of war.

89.   The isolated North has said it would regard sanctions as an act of war.

90.   The IAAF ruling council, which can take sanctions as the Americans, next meets in April.