Amnesty International's Pacific researcher Kate Schuetze said security forces willingly ignore international condemnation.

The US cannot ignore international law in interpreting its constitution, writes Sarah H Cleveland.

They distort trade figures, smuggle goods across ill- guarded borders, ignore international treaties and conventions and, in short, revive moribund economies.

Governments and colleges should ignore international university rankings because they are flawed and unreliable, according to an analysis by a UK higher education think-tank.

Myanmar's generals have ignored international condemnation and threats of new sanctions.

The government ignored international calls for clemency and pushed ahead with its drive against narcotics.

It executed four convicted traffickers, including three foreign nationals, in July, ignoring international calls for clemency.

And it's ignoring international complaints.

The Taliban movement began smashing all statues from Afghanistan's cultural past yesterday, ignoring international appeals to save the ancient artefacts.

Chief among them is the South China Sea, where China ignores international protests to its building military assets on concreted-over coral atolls.

The government and the Tigers have repeatedly ignored international community calls to halt a new chapter in the island's two-decade civil war.

But that is to criminalise and dehumanise these people from the start, ignoring international law, violating due process and disregarding established human rights.

Bonn - Germany yesterday condemned the execution in Arizona of a German-born convicted murderer as barbaric and criticised the US for ignoring international treaties.

Tough action is difficult against a country that has been shut out of world debt markets and has ignored international fines in previous disputes.

Television broadcasters Super Sport who control the stump mic volume ignored International Cricket Council guidelines and Australian requests on turning the sound down between deliveries.

But tough action is difficult against a country that has been shut out of world debt markets and has ignored international fines in previous disputes.