Early on January 23 more than 20,000 Palestinians from the besieged Gaza Strip poured into Egyptian territory after Palestinian militants from Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) blew up two sections of the Gaza-Egypt border wall at Rafah. PALESTINE: Gaza starves: End Israel’s blockade!

In a blow to repeated claims this year by US and NATO officials that their 50,000-strong occupation force has Afghanistan’s Taliban-led anti-occupation insurgency “on the run”, insurgents used assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to attack a heavily guarded official ceremony near the presidential palace in the centre of Kabul on April 27. AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan: Taliban continue growing in strength

A global campaign aimed at reducing the marketing of unhealthy food to children on TV and the web is launched. Junk food advert code launched

A baby is home after becoming one of the youngest patients to receive a heart pacemaker. Pacemaker for five-day-old baby