Peter Gabriel receives peace award

11/17/2006 11:56 AM, AP


Peter Gabriel, founder of the rock group Genesis, received the annual "Man of Peace" award Friday from a foundation headed by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Gabriel, 56, was recognized for his work promoting human rights and world peace. He received the award in a ceremony on Capitoline Hill that marks the opening of a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates organized every year in Rome by the Gorbachev Foundation and city hall.

Nobel Peace Prize winners Lech Walesa and Mairead Corrigan Maguire attended the ceremony, along with Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni. Gorbachev was absent for health reasons.

Other recipients of the award have included Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof; Yusuf Islam, the singer once known as Cat Stevens; and Italian actor-director Roberto Benigni.

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