Al Jazeera issued a statement saying that it strongly denied the "malicious accusations" made against Mr. Allawi, and that his release was a clear indication that they were baseless.
The chief rabbi of Haifa, Shear-Yashuv Cohen, above, described a speech last month at the United Nations by "a certain president of a state in the Middle East" as a series of "false and malicious accusations" and "anti-Semitic infamy".
It argued that anonymity was necessary to protect teachers from the "devastating consequences" of malicious accusations by pupils - even though it was pointed out that only 2% of allegations against teachers turned out to be malicious, and pupils had made only 15 malicious claims in the previous few years.
Teachers' unions have campaigned against the career-wrecking danger of malicious accusations against staff - but this survey only identified 50 complaints last year as "false or malicious".
In response, the Iranian foreign ministry warned Mattis against making such "unwarranted and malicious accusations against Iran".
Najib has denied wrongdoing and has blamed his opposition, including former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, for stirring up "malicious accusations" in what he said amounted to "political sabotage".
Dana Rosemary Scallon read out a prepared statement towards the end of the debate, announcing that a "malicious" and "false" accusation has been made against her and her family in the United States and, while refusing to divulge any details, she said she would leave "no stone unturned" in her mission to track down the person or organisation responsible.
Samsung issued a statement calling the accusations "malicious and unfounded".
The disgraced French politician and former head of the International Monetary Fund said in court papers filed Monday that Nafissatou Diallo made a "malicious and wanton false accusation" when she said he assaulted her at the Sofitel in New York a year ago.
A federal judge has allowed some of Brian McNamee's defamation claims against Roger Clemens to move toward trial, while throwing out accusations of malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
