Archbishop Tutu honors forgiveness
South African presents humanitarian award

 

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, right, received two white scarves signifying friendship from Gendun Kalsang, center, and Lobsang Junje, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Minneapolis. Tutu, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, helped present the Immortal Chaplains Prize for Humanity on Sunday at Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a synagogue in Minnetonka.
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On his first trip to the Twin Cities, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa honored an American family that has contributed to peace in South Africa. He gave a posthumous humanitarian award on Sunday to Amy Biehl, a 26year old Fulbright scholar killed by a mob in South Africa five years ago.

Before more than 300 people in Minnetonka, Tutu recounted how Biehl's parents, Linda and Peter Biehl, publicly forgave their daughter's killers.

"They said far