Main news of April 12

RUSSIA

* President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated space and missile industry workers on their professional holiday - Cosmonautics Day, the presidential press service said

* Russia's Foreign Ministry advised Russian citizens against visiting the capital of Thailand where a state of emergency was declared over protests staged by the opposition

* Twelve people were injured after a car smashed into a bus stop in Rostov-on-Don in south Russia, the press office of the regional emergencies department said

WORLD

* The Moldovan Constitutional Court ruled to recount the votes in the recent parliamentary election, in which a victory by the Communists sparked violent protests

* Six world powers agreed a draft UN Security Council statement, condemning North Korea's rocket launch, diplomats said

* The Georgian opposition said it would continue its peaceful protest demanding the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili, despite its previous decision to hold a break for a religious holiday

* NATO aircraft killed over 20 members of the radical Taliban movement in the Zabul province in southern Afghanistan, local police said

* Uzbek security officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 10 kilograms of heroin of Afghan origin into Russia, a spokesman for the republic's National Security Service said