Main news of January 12

RUSSIA

* Russian prosecutors claim dioxin of the quality found in the Ukrainian president's blood is not produced in Russia, Ukrainian news agency UNIAN said 

* Russian Mission Control said it had successfully adjusted the International Space Station's orbit in preparation for the docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft and a U.S. space shuttle

WORLD

* Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran officially recognizes only the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, as a party to talks on Iran's nuclear program

* Prospects for resuming dialogue between Tehran and six negotiating countries on Iran's nuclear program were the focus of a meeting between the top UN and Iranian nuclear negotiators

* Ukraine's foreign minister said the government wants to start talks to prepare the withdrawal of a Russia naval base from Ukraine

* Re-elected Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili spoke out for improving relations with Russia, which reached their lowest point during his first presidential term.