"We are trying to confirm the online rumors, " said a woman at the general office of Wuxi city's family planning committee, a department under the municipal government.

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It was later that Cheney blocked Philbin's promotion to the number two spot in the Office of the Solicitor General, which represents the government before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Regarding the recent corruption case in the Lower Chamber, the vice-president who runs the government's anti-corruption programme, and the office of the prosecutor general, prompted the investigation leading to the arrest of several of those responsible.

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