Custom Query - Pagination Doesn't Work

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<?php 
/*
Template Name: Fuel Landing Page
*/
 get_header(); 
 $fuel_options = get_option('fuel_theme_options');		
 ?>
<div id="pageWrap">		
		<h1 class="pageTitle alt_font fademe"><span>Fuel</span> Network</h1>
		
		<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/left-sidebar.php"); ?>	
		
		<div id="page-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('theContent fademe box col'); ?>>
			<?php the_content(); ?>
			<div class="clear"></div>
		</div> <!-- //.theContent -->
		
		<?php if(!empty($fuel_options) ) { ?>
		<div class="clear"></div>

		<div class="stats box alt_font fademe">
			<div class="blue statsTitle"><?php echo $fuel_options['fuelStatsTitle']; ?></div>
				<?php landingStats($fuel_options, 'fuel'); ?>			
			<div class="clear"></div>
		</div> <!-- //.stats -->
		<?php } ?>
		<div class="clear"></div>
		<div class="infographics box fademe">
			<a id="prevGraphic"></a>
			<a id="nextGraphic"></a>
			<div class="slides">
			<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Fuel Landing Page') ) : ?>
					
			<?php endif; ?>
			</div>
			<div class="clear"></div>
		</div>
		
		<div id="page">
			<?php
				$queryCategory = get_category_by_slug( 'fuel_network' );
				global $paged; // or $paged = get_query_var('paged'), depends on what exactly you're looking for.
				$my_custom_query = new WP_Query(array('cat' => $queryCategory, 'posts_per_page' => 6, 'paged' => $paged));			
				while ($my_custom_query->have_posts()) : $my_custom_query->the_post();

				$title = get_the_title();
				if(strlen($title) > 45) {
					$title = preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($title, 0, 45)) . "&hellip;";
				}
			?>
				<div class="blogItem box">
					<?php 
						//Get first child category of 'fuel_network'
						foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
							if($category->category_parent == $queryCategory->term_id) {
								$itemCat = $category->cat_name;
								break;
							}
						}
						
						if(empty($itemCat))
							$itemCat = $queryCategory->cat_name;
					?>
					<h2 class="gray alt_font"><?php echo $itemCat; ?></h2>
					<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php echo $title; ?></a></h1>
					<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
					<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="readmore">Keep Reading &raquo;</a>
				</div>
			
			<?php 
				//Clear out variable for next loop around
				$itemCat = "";
				endwhile; 
			?>
		</div> <!-- // #page -->
		<div class="postNavigation">
			  <div class="prevPosts"><p><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Newer Posts') ?></p></div>
			  <div class="nextPosts"><p><?php next_posts_link('Older Posts &raquo;') ?></p></div>
		</div>
		
		<div class="clear"></div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>