"You're advising the prince on these Asian ambassadors and their customs?"

"Frankly, when I heard the explosions I thought it was a coup, because everything has been so quiet here for months," an Asian ambassador said.

Li is the brand's first Asian ambassador as well as the first film star to work as a Hublot ambassador.

"Among the alienated masses, the whole argument about this war has turned on the poor versus the rich," an Asian ambassador said.

And the Asian ambassador said President Hussein might have become convinced that any attack would be heavy and directed against him and his entourage.

He relayed the Iraqi request to several European and Asian ambassadors.

"Germany now views Japan as, in one sense, a European country," an Asian ambassador said.

Won't Risk New Opening "He will stick to this policy, without a doubt," said an experienced Asian ambassador here.

"The West forgets that Iraq is a tribal society within a clannish culture," said an Asian ambassador here.

"Sihanouk would lose all political credibility if he showed any interest," a Southeast Asian ambassador said.