The commander of Russia's forces in Chechnya, General Vladimir Shamanov, has said publicly that he and his top colleagues would resign rather than obey an order to stop the war.

ECONOMIST: Russia and its generals

Unless Libya moves swiftly to obey this morning's order of the ICC to halt the domestic prosecution of Mr. Al-Senussi, and hand him over to the ICC immediately, Libya will before long become a pariah state, subject to U.N. sanctions.

CNN: ICC orders Libya to hand over Gadhafi's former spy chief

He said police asked him to stay away from the rest of the Leveson Inquiry and he intended to obey that order.

BBC: Protester enters Leveson court room

Markingson was acutely psychotic when he was placed under an involuntary commitment order that legally compelled him to obey the treatment recommendations of his psychiatrist, Dr. Stephen Olson.

CNN: Bring medical misdeeds into the light

The charges, which the mayor denies, stem from the city government's failure in 2001 to obey a court order to halt construction of an access road to a private hospital.

ECONOMIST: The race is on | The

This week, the Army arrested one of its Muslim chaplains, Captain James Yee, charging him with five offenses: sedition, aiding the enemy, spying, espionage and failure to obey a general order.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Fifth column II

Al Halabi was charged with 11 counts of failing to obey a lawful general order or regulation, three counts of aiding the enemy, four counts of espionage, nine counts of making a false statement and five counts that include violations of the Federal Espionage Act.

CNN: Airman charged with espionage at Guantanamo

The European Commission has given Microsoft a formal warning for failing to obey an order to give customers a choice of internet browsers.

BBC: Microsoft hit with formal warning on browser choice from EU

The laws require robots to protect humans, obey orders and preserve themselves, in that order.

ECONOMIST: Robot ethics