Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy have both voiced opposition to full admission of Turkey into the EU, the only majority Muslim country seeking to do so. At risk is NATO's cohesion.

NATO says that Turkish-Armenian rapprochement not only helps to reconcile the two nations, but also fosters closer cooperation with Armenia and improves the country's image, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.

The accord should be signed in Zurich on 10 October. Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian genocide remain sticky points, but ordinary people, especially young people, have overcome these old festering obstacles.

Pledges not to upset Azerbaijan

Armenians would be able to "implement serious joint projects in the energy sphere" and open up "quite serious projects in the textile sector" if the border was opened

Accuses Turkey, Syria, and Iran of taking too much water from the country's main rivers and their tributaries

Says the country's biggest secular news group owes billions of dollars in back taxes and fines -- so huge that it would mean the closure of leading opposition papers and TV stations, leaving the ruling party and its allies in control of the press

The Minister for the Environment speaks of "the worst rainfall in 500 years"