The Alderney Gambling Control Commission on Thursday revoked its gambling licenses held by Full Tilt Poker, potentially complicating any deal for the faltering online poker company that could repay poker players whose funds on deposit at Full Tilt have evaporated.

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What is more, the reunification of Germany presents special export control problems, given that the Chairman of the Volkskammer Commission to Control the Dissolution of the Stasi (East German KGB operatives and secret police) reported yesterday that at least half of the 2, 448 Stasi officers sent into German firms and institutions remain undetected.

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In reality, he would not give the new spy director cabinet rank or budgetary control, which the commission argued was essential.

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