Iraq Kurds take Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad
BAGHDAD/ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday, after government troops abandoned their posts in the face of a triumphant Sunni Islamist rebel march towards Baghdad that threatens Iraq's future as a unified state.
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