Bush Aims to Pull Off Balancing Act on Asian Trip.

This section offers world news briefs. U.S. President George W. Bush will leave for an Asian trip which will help mark the emergence of China and seek to reassure longtime allies in the region that the U.S. still stands on them. The Olympic torch started a procession through the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan and covered a route that skirts the hardest-hit areas.