Nelly Furtado to give away $1 million Gaddafi fee

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Nelly Furtado to give away $1 million Gaddafi fee

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Singer Nelly Furtado said that she will give away US$1 million which she received to perform in Italy for the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

01 March,2011 10:05 am

Gaddafi has been condemned for using violence to quell a popular uprising, with the death toll from nearly two weeks of fighting estimated by diplomats at about 2,000.Nelly Furtado, disclosed on Twitter her plans for the $1 million she received from President Gaddafi. In 2007, I received 1 million$ from the Qaddafi clan to perform a 45 minutes show for guests at a hotel in Italy, she added that she will donate all the money she received from that show.A spokeswoman for Furtado could not be reached to say which group Furtado plans to designate for her donation. Furtado first rose to fame with the 2000 album Whoa, Nelly Her hits include All good things and Promiscuous girl. She also appeared in the 2008 movie Max Payne.