One website was criticised for false claims about chemotherapy, key to treating many cancers.

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"While we were there, al-Jazeera ran a totally false report that American troops had gone and detained one of the key imams in the holy city of Najaf, which was a false report, " Mr Wolfowitz said.

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Mensack was upset with the loss because he and his attorney felt that they had proven that they had clearly won the case on the grounds that he was brought to MS with false promises, had proven that MS witnesses had provided false testimony and that MS had fabricated key pieces of evidence against him during the proceedings.

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The key difference, however, is that whistleblowers under the False Claims Act recover their share of the bounty irrespective of how much the government recovers.

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