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. Iraq- At least 20 people were killed and 35 wounded in overnight fighting between US and Iraqi forces and rebels in Samarra, north of Baghdad, the local hospital and the chief of police said. US Senator John Kerry charged that President George W. Bush committed "a colossal error" by invading Iraq, as they clashed in a high-stakes debate that may decide their battle for the White House. Iraq Two Indonesian women working for a British company in Iraq were among 10 people kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, officials in Jakarta confirmed. 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. 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. Australia Prime Minister John Howard promised new legislation if it was needed to fight child pornography following more than 200 arrests in a major Australia-wide crackdown on Internet pornography. Indonesia Indonesia took a confident step towards full democracy, swearing in legislators elected in landmark polls to a newly-reformed bicameral parliament free from military representation.