4,500 workers launch strike: Some 4,500 workers from 24 companies

4,500 workers launch strike: Some 4,500 workers from 24 companies launched a strike here on Monday demanding better pay, fair treatment of layoff victims and higher Idul Fitri bonuses. Page 7

Reintroducing orangutans to habitat; It is before dawn at Pasir Ridge in Balikpapan but volunteers are already in their vehicles heading to the orangutan research center, Wanariset Samboja, some 38 km northwest of the East Kalimantan capital. More vehicles were waiting in Wanariset Samboja, along with 40 orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). All of them were preparing to head for the Meratus Mountain Forest Reserve. Page 15