Iraq At least 49 people were killed, dozens of them children, in a series of devastating car bombs that left a trail of carnage in Baghdad and northern Iraq, medics and the US military said. US The US presidential candidates go head to head in a bruising, high-stakes televised debate, with Republican incumbent George W. Bush aiming to lock in his lead in the race and Democratic challenger John Kerry banking on a comeback. Britain- A British Airways plane en route from Berlin to London made an emergency landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after a bomb threat was received. Russia The United States stood firm in rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on global warming despite renewed pressure to yield after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to ratify the treaty. Mideast- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved recommendations by top defence officials for a broadening of a deadly Israeli army operation in the northern Gaza Strip, army radio reported. Cyprus The United Nations, irked over a failed peace deal which was rejected by the Greek Cypriots, has proposed slashing the UN peacekeeping force on the divided Mediterranean island. Haiti One policeman was killed and two others were missing and feared dead, police said, as violence flared and shots rang out in the Haitian capital on the 13th anniversary of a military coup against ex-president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Iraq A new group of 10 people abducted in Iraq has been paraded by their captors on Arabic television, as the Iraqi prime minister lashed out at "repugnant" kidnappers and criticised the media's handling of the hostage crisis. Australia Australian police have arrested more than 190 people and expect to charge hundreds more in a massive nationwide crackdown on Internet child pornography linked to organised crime in eastern Europe, officials announced. Honduras Al-Qaeda has tried in Honduras to recruit young gang members to infiltrate the United States, Security Minister Oscar Alvarez has said.