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"Lady GaGa has been awarded a special peace prize by Yoko Ono. The LennonOno Grant for Peace, established in the name of Ono&amp;#039;s late husband John Lennon, was awarded to the popstar in a ceremony on Tuesday (October 9).   The award was given to GaGa for combining her stardom with activism and &amp;quot;changing the mental map&amp;quot; of the world. Speaking to Reuters, Ono said of the &amp;#039;Bad Romance&amp;#039; singer: &amp;quot;Lady GaGa is in a position of number one as a singer songwriter, and when you are number one you don&amp;#039;t want to risk yourself. And she did.&amp;quot; GaGa accepted the award in person and dedicated it to &amp;quot;youth empowerment around he world&amp;quot;.  She also vowed to continue to &amp;quot;communicate compassionately to the world and its leaders&amp;quot;, and told the audience: &amp;quot;I dare you to be compassionate in a cynical age.&amp;quot; In 2010, GaGa joined Ono on stage with the Plastic Ono Band in a tribute concert for John Lennon.  The 79-year-old has also previously claimed that the late Beatle would have &amp;quot;loved&amp;quot; GaGa. Last month, Ono also presented the prize to the husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who accepted the award on behalf of the members of jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot.  Watch Lady GaGa&amp;#039;s music video for &amp;#039;The Edge of Glory&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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