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Cricket-England name unchanged squad for second Ashes test

(Adds details, quotes) LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – England have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Ashes test at Lord’s next week having thrashed Australia by 169 runs in Cardiff on Saturday to take a 1-0 series lead, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday. England won the opening test inside four days having bowled Australia out for 242, who were chasing a daunting 412

After slavery, trafficked fishermen face lonely road to recovery

By Astrid Zweynert PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice. Trafficked and sold to work on the boats, the men – mostly from Myanmar and Cambodia – had endured beatings, abuse and torture. “Everyone is shocked when they hear about the conditions on these