Group honors Gabriel as ‘Man of Peace’

Gorbachev Foundation recognizes singer for work promoting human rights

	British singer and former Genesis founder Peter Gabriel, right, holds his 2006 "Man of Peace" award, next to 1983 Nobel Peace Laureate Lech Walesa of Poland during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, in Rome on Nov. 17.
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updated 11:38 p.m. ET Nov. 21, 2006

ROME - 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 was recognized for his work promoting human rights and world peace. He received the award in a ceremony on Rome's 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.

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