Gabriel honored for human rights work



ROME (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.