Nelly Furtado to give away $1 mln Gaddafi fee

LOS ANGELES: Singer Nelly Furtado said Monday that it would give $ 1 million it received to carry out in Italy for a family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Gaddafi was convicted of using violence to suppress the uprising, with the victims of the nearly two weeks of fighting, the diplomat about 2.000.

Furtado, Canadian singer whose hits "I'm like a bird" and "Promiscuous", used by the Web site Twitter to disclose their plans for the $ 1 million.

"In 2007 I received a $ 1 million from the clan of al-Qadhafi to run 45 min. Show for hotel guests in Italy," she writes. "I'm going to donate $"

Press Secretary Furtado could not be reached to say how the group plans to appoint Furtado for her donation.

Furtado first rose to fame with the 2000 album "Whoa, Nelly!" She also appeared in the 2008 film "Max Payne". - (Reuters)