Taiwan's Legislature on Friday broke out in scuffles and water balloon throwing -- the third fight in the past two weeks -- but lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) eventually managed to approve the controversial appointments of all 27 nominees to the government watchdog body Control Yuan, including former presidential aide Chen Chu (陳菊) as its president, as hundreds of people opposed to the nominations protested outside.
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