Banking officials kept the information to themselves because their companies were part of a government-sponsored scheme designed to promote the sharing of security information between banks.

BBC: Web attacks 'not electronic Pearl Harbor'

On July 5th Kyodo, a news agency, reported that 21 Chinese were among 27 foreign trainees who died last year on a government-sponsored skills-transfer scheme for developing countries that over the past four years has brought in an average of 94, 000 workers a year, mostly from China.

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The Imperial College scheme, which is being sponsored by GlaxoWelcome, will see up to 15 local schools gaining one or two scientists each.

BBC: Scientists to head for the classroom