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Cyber squatter foiling Winehouse charity plan

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Confiscated bags of cocaine labelled with photographs of Amy Winehouse are seen at a police station in Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2011. — Reuters pic

LONDON, Aug 22 — Amy Winehouse's father Mitch said his plans to set up a charity in his late daughter's name had been frustrated by a cyber squatter who had stolen the organisation's intended address on the internet.

Mitch, a former taxi driver who launched his own musical career on the back of Amy Winehouse's success, plans to set up a foundation to help young people suffering from substance abuse, and has already received donations from the public.

Winehouse, a chart-topping singer whose album "Back to Black" helped her win five Grammy awards and international fame, was found dead in her London home on July 23 aged 27. She had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse.

"Instead of concentrating on allocating funding, I am having to send cheques back cos (because) we don't haven't got bank ac (account) in that name," Mitch Winehouse wrote on micro blogging site Twitter.

"We all have to bombard the tabloids websites to put pressure on this dick head who stole our foundation name.

"Our solicitors are all over this, but it takes time. Meanwhile we can't get on with foundation."

According to the Guardian newspaper, the internet address Amywinehousefoundation.org.uk was registered to a "sghuk" who bought it on August 16.

Amywinehousefoundation.com had also been purchased, and amywinehousefoundation.org was registered by someone on July 31 2011.

According to Mitch Winehouse, one of the cyber squatters thwarting his plans allegedly contacted his daughter's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

Fielder-Civil and Winehouse were married between 2007 and 2009, but their families bickered publicly about the influence the couple had over each other during a tumultuous relationship.

Fielder-Civil was jailed in 2008 after pleading guilty to attacking a pub landlord and then trying to cover it up.

Since his daughter's death, Mitch Winehouse has urged politicians to do more to help young people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. — Reuters

Death toll at Belgian pop festival cut to four

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 04:04 AM PDT

A teenager places flowers near the entrance of outdoor Belgian pop festival Pukkelpop near Hasselt August 19, 2011. - Reuters pic

BRUSSELS, Aug 22 — The deathtoll at a Belgian pop festival struck by a fierce storm that knocked down screens and tents has been cut to four from five, officials said today.

A further eight festival-goers were seriously injured after the storm ripped through the event attended by 60,000 to 65,000 mainly young people.

Officials could not say why five deaths had initially been reported. Belgian media said that in the chaos of Thursday night, a man who died in a local hospital was included in the figure even though he had not attended the festival.

The three-day Pukkelpop festival was set to have featured rapper Eminem and US bands Foo Fighters and The Offspring. — Reuters

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The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz

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