Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said Ministerial Decree Number 1636 of 2010 on female circumcision was not meant to ban the practice but to protect girls.

The West Sulawesi provincial administration will build a cacao fertilizer processing plant in 2012.

The Trans Sulawesi bridge in Tikke Raya sub-district, North Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi province, will cost Rp7 billion to repair.

Indonesian athletes who distinguish themselves nationally or internationally will be assured of a good future, Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarengeng said.

The age of youth organization executives should not exceed 30 years as Law No 40/2009 restricts the age of youth organization executives at between 16 and 30 years, a minister said.

Former vice president Jusuf Kalla has expressed appreciation for the government's decision to impose a moratorium on the dispatch of migrant workers (TKIs) to Saudi Arabia.

South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo will receive a Satya Lencana Wirakarya medal of merit from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in recognition of his services in promoting food security.

Indonesian students have wider opportunities to study at various universities in New Zealand, an Indonesian official said here on Thursday.

The Ministry of Forestry said here Thursday that forest destruction in Indonesia over the past years has decreased to 0.8 percent from 4 million hectares each year.

The Makassar police need to devote more attention to illegal and wild motor racing in the area because such activities had killed 73 people, Makassar police chief Ajunct Senior Commissioner Rahmat Hidayat said here Tuesday.