Iraq At least 49 people were killed, most 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 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. Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has pledged that elections planned for January would take place on time despite ongoing unrest, in a speech at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies aimed at drumming up greater international aid. EU The European Commission has welcomed the approval by Russia's cabinet of the Kyoto Protocol, claiming it was a "victory" for the European Union which has pushed Moscow hard on the issue. Britain Oil prices have resumed their march towards 50 dollars in New York as peace talks in major producer Nigeria and an unexpected rise in US crude inventories failed to ease traders' fears about supply. Mideast Two Palestinian teenagers have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, raising to 23 the total number of Palestinians killed in fierce fighting in the area, Palestinian medical and security sources said. US The US presidential candidates are set for a bruising, high-stakes televised debate, with George W. Bush seeking to lock in his lead in the polls and challenger John Kerry pulling out all stops for a comeback. 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. Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair was spared a humiliating rebuke over Iraq at his party's annual conference as delegates rejected a call for British troops to quit the country. Pakistan Pakistan has refused to let the UN atomic watchdog interview disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, ringleader of a smuggling network, agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei told the BBC.