Guests, dressed in black, were fitted with carnival masks and told to mingle, under strict orders not to solicit names or occupations.
Urdur Gunnarsdottir, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir told legislators in Parliament that the country had requested a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to solicit America's help.
The drivers were accused of ferrying the women to upscale hotels and clubs to solicit clients, telling the women about clients' sexual preferences, and taking a cut of the profits.
In testimony that will continue Friday, Mr. Blagojevich denied having done anything illegal, gave his own versions of events that prosecutors have said were attempts to solicit bribes, and told stories to portray himself as an underdog.
During Monday's trial proceeding, the chief counsel for the House ethics committee, Blake Chisam, told the jury that Rangel could have received permission to solicit nonprofit foundations.
"It's not as if we did not solicit -- and continue to solicit -- opinions from a wide range of folks," he told the New Yorker magazine in January.
I like to solicit advice from other editors: Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter said, "Tell stories".
Writer tells about Trinity's 1988 investigation of Robert Tilton's ministry which used direct mail to solicit money.
NEW YORK TIMES Morgan Stanley Ordered to Pay Fidelity in Dispute | An arbitration panel told Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to compensate a unit of Fidelity Investments in a fight over a broker who tried to solicit former Fidelity clients, Reuters reports.
