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Articles in April 2007 issue of History Today

• Slavery witness.(History in the News)(diaries to be displayed at museums)(Brief article)
• Cimaroons.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Leeson, R.A.; Brown, S.F.
• Emperor's army.(History in the News)(Chinese terracotta army warriors to be displayed at the British Museum)(Brief article)
• Mendi wreck.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Cockshutt, Simon
• Hq honour.(History in the News)(Royal Navy named its headquarters in memory of Lieutenant Commander John Bridge)(Brief article)
• The Roman Catholic Church: An Illustrated History.(Book review)
  by Ditchfield, Simon
• Fire damage aid.(History in the News)(UNESCO granted assistance to Valparaiso repair work)(Brief article)
• Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg 1943.(Book review)
  by Moorhouse, Roger
• Nanjing rape denial.(History in the News)(Brief article)
• Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer.(Book review)
  by McLynn, Frank
• Cathedral break.(History in the News)(England's cathedrals awarded restoration grants)(Brief article)
• Historical Atlas of the United States.(Charts of War: The Naval Charts and Maps That Have Informed and Illustrated War )(Book review)
  by Black, Jeremy
• Pardoned 'coward'.(History in the News)(Private Harry Farr)(Brief article)
• The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football.(Book review)
  by Colls, Robert
• The man in a diving suit who does not dive: the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition, 'Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design', opens on March 29th. Becky Conekin looks forward to it.(FRONTLINE)
  by Conekin, Becky
• Toronto: Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits a Canadian city that looks to the future yet has an intriguing past.(ANOTHER COUNTRY)
  by Cleveland-Peck, Patricia
• The unknown soldiers: Tobias Grey introduces a film about the North African soldiers in the Second World War which has taken France by storm, and is opening in Britain on March 30th.(FRONTLINE)
  by Grey, Tobias
• Tyrant father.(History in the News)(Idi Amin, former Ugandan dictator)(Brief article)
• What is history for?(FRONTLINE)
  by Furtado, Peter