Janet Jackson helps raise a million dollars for AIDS research: organizers

U.S. singer Janet Jackson lent her star power to a gala charity in Milan that raised more than a million dollars for AIDS research, organizers said.

"This battle needs all of us to be brave warriors," Jackson said during a brief appearance at the Monday evening dinner and dance organized by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

The evening's biggest sale was a Dsquared jacket signed by Janet Jackson and other celebrities, snapped up by Diesel designer Renzo Rossof for 36,000 euros (US$53,000).

Earlier a pair of handmade boots decorated with some 3,000 stones, made for Michael Jackson but never worn by the late king of pop, went for 10,000 euros. He died June 25 aged 50.