Pelosi gives human rights award to Dalai Lama - pics

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. presents The Dalai Lama with the first Lantos Human Rights Prize, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The prize is named for the late California Rep. Tom Lantos.
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The Dalai Lama greets U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize award ceremony in the Capitol in Washington October 6, 2009. The Dalai Lama was the inaugural recipient of the award.
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Pelosi gives human rights award to Dalai Lama

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday gave the inaugural Lantos Human Rights Prize to the Dalai Lama, honoring his commitment to ending global injustice.

People continue to be inspired by the Dalai Lama's messages of peace and nonviolence, the California Democrat said, before presenting the award, which contains the words "The rights of one are the rights of all."

"The Dalai Lama is one of the most highly honored peacemakers of our time," Pelosi said.

The award is sponsored by the Massachusetts-based Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, named after the late Rep. Tom Lantos, D-California, whom the organization describes as a champion of human rights during his 27 years in Congress. Lantos, who was the only Holocaust survivor in Congress, died of cancer in February 2008.

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The Dalai Lama clasps hands with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize award ceremony in the Capitol in Washington October 6, 2009. The Dalai Lama was the inaugural recipient of the award.
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The Dalai Lama, left, is congratulated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and Annette Lantos, widow of California Rep. Tom Lantos, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, during the inaugural Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize.
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The Dalai Lama smiles at Annette Lantos, widow of former U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, during the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize award ceremony in the Capitol in Washington October 6, 2009. The Dalai Lama was the inaugural recipient of the award.
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The Dalai Lama talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, during the inaugural Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize awards ceremony.
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The Dalai Lama , second from right, stands with, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Annette Lantos, widow of California Rep. Tom Lantos, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, after arriving for the inaugural Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize award ceremony.
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The Dalai Lama pauses on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, during the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize awards ceremony.
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1. Good for Pelosi.