21.   Before that, Hillary Rodham Clinton is to visit Pakistan, although not Karachi, as part of her Asian tour.

22.   Buddhist leaders boycott a meeting with Pope John Paul II on Saturday, the only contentious note on what the Vatican view as a successful Asian tour.

23.   Bush had planned to make this Asian tour in October as part of his trip to Shanghai for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting.

24.   Brown is in Kuala Lumpur as part of a three-nation Asian tour which includes South Korea and Indonesia.

25.   Bush plans to visit Seoul from Tuesday to Thursday of next week as part of an Asian tour that will also take him to Japan and China.

26.   Bush will visit South Korea from Tuesday to Thursday as part of an Asian tour that will also take him to Japan and China.

27.   Bush will visit South Korea from Tuesday to Thursday as part of his Asian tour that will also take him to Japan and China.

28.   Bush was speaking to the World Food Production Conference as part of a private Asian tour that also includes speeches in Vietnam and Japan.

29.   Camdessus met with President Fidel V. Ramos and top government officials last Saturday at the end of his Asian tour.

30.   Castro will stop in Tokyo on his way back from an Asian tour that included visits to China and Vietnam.