David Hawkins at Brave New Filmshttp://bravenewfilms.org/topics/david-hawkins2008-10-30T09:33:46ZLocking horns over politics in Thailand -- 05 September 2008http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51956-locking-horns-over-politics-in-thailand-05-september-20082008-10-30T09:33:46Zaljazeera
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<p>Hundreds of royalists and wealthy urban residents continue to occupy the office grounds of Samak Sundaravej, Thailand's prime minister, in the capital, Bangkok.
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<br />They are demanding he step down, accusing him of corruption and of being a proxy of Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted Thai leader.
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<br />But in the country's rural heartland, Al Jazeera found that support for Samak's government and Thaksin remains strong, as David Hawkins reports.</p>
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Big Brother Is Watching the Olympicshttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47862-big-brother-is-watching-the-olympics2008-10-28T15:30:01Zaljazeera
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<p><p>China has installed hundreds of thousands of surveillance cameras across its capital as the authorities ramp up preparations for the Beijing games. </p><p>The government has openly admitted that security is their top priority, overtaking the importance of sports and culture which are part of the Olympic tradition. </p><p>Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports.</p></p>
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China's race toward Olympic finish line - 25 July 2008http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46894-china-s-race-toward-olympic-finish-line-25-july-20082008-10-28T03:31:19Zaljazeera
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<p>With two weeks to go until the Olympics, Chinese authorities have taken extreme measures to reduce air pollution for the games.</p>
<p>Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports on the dozens of factories ordered to shut down and will remain closed until late September.</p>
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Life in the shadow of Indonesia's volcanoes - 01 July 2008http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43849-life-in-the-shadow-of-indonesia-s-volcanoes-01-july-20082008-10-27T09:29:48Zaljazeera
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<p>In Indonesia, many people live close to active and dangerous volcanoes.</p>
<p>On Java island alone, around 120 million people live in the shadows of more than 30 volcanoes.</p>
<p>Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports.</p>
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China's grieving quake parents begin to voice anger - 3Jun08http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40987-china-s-grieving-quake-parents-begin-to-voice-anger-3jun082008-10-17T09:30:10Zaljazeera
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<p>In last month's earthquake in central China, thousands of children were killed when their school buildings collapsed.</p>
<p>Now grieving parents are demanding answers from authorities as to why the buildings collapsed so easily.</p>
<p>In the town of Du Jiang Yan, nearly 300 children were killed when their classrooms collapsed.
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<br />But when Al Jazeera's David Hawkins went there, he found local authorities reluctant to allow the story be told.</p>
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Picking up the pieces in quake-hit China - June 3 2008http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40859-picking-up-the-pieces-in-quake-hit-china-june-3-20082008-10-15T03:29:56Zaljazeera
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<p>Survivors of China's deadly earthquake last month are slowly returning to what is left of their communities. Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports from the town of Yinhua, almost all of which was reduced to rubble.</p>
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Casualties of Sri Lanka's conflict -28 March 08http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33976-casualties-of-sri-lanka-s-conflict-28-march-082008-10-15T09:30:41Zaljazeera
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<p>The recent surge in fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war is taking a heavy toll on the country's civilian population. The Red Cross says more than two hundred people were killed and three hundred wounded in the first two months of this year alone, many of them children. Bomb attacks have become more frequent since the collapse of a ceasefire in January between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. One of the worst was a bus bomb which claimed 22 lives. David Hawkins travelled to Dambulla to meet one family who lost their daughter in the attack.</p>
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Fresh allegations against US soldiers in Japan - 24 Feb 08http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30438-fresh-allegations-against-us-soldiers-in-japan-24-feb-082008-10-24T09:32:36Zaljazeera
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<p>A curfew remains in force for US soldiers on the Japanese island of Okinawa, after two were accused of sexual assault within ten days.</p>
<p>The alleged attacks threaten to overshadow this week's Tokyo visit by US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.</p>
<p>But the US commander says the overwhelming majority of his troops respect Japanese law.</p>
<p>David Hawkins reports from Okinawa.</p>
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Fighting for hearts and minds in Thailand - 02 Feb 07http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27704-fighting-for-hearts-and-minds-in-thailand-02-feb-072008-10-19T09:29:35Zaljazeera
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<p>Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports on the military's attempts to befriend the Muslim population in the south of Thailand where a separatist insurgency carries out frequent attacks.</p>
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Cambodia's landmine victims serve to win - 30 Nov 07http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/20069-cambodia-s-landmine-victims-serve-to-win-30-nov-072008-10-21T21:31:18Zaljazeera
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<p>Cambodian landmine survivors have become the country's latest - and unlikely - sport stars.
<br />They're competing in the Volleyball World Cup tournament in the capital Phnom Penh.</p>
<p>Cambodia's national disabled volleyball team has found surprising success on the world stage - as Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports.</p>
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Thailand's female army recruits - 19 Nov 07http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19287-thailand-s-female-army-recruits-19-nov-072008-10-22T09:29:33Zaljazeera
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<p>As the separatist movement in southern Thailand grows more violent, the Thai army is developing an alternative approach to the conflict.</p>
<p>Hundreds of Muslim female recruits are being trained ahead of being deployed to the south.</p>
<p>It's hoped their knowledge of the local language and customs will help calm tensions in the region.</p>
<p>David Hawkins reports.</p>
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Fighting in southern Thailandhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18824-fighting-in-southern-thailand2008-10-22T09:31:03Zaljazeera
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<p>Hamish Macdonald and David Hawkins report from southern Thailand where ongoing fighting is affecting people's lives.</p>
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Malaysia's migrant children - 25 Aug 07http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11032-malaysia-s-migrant-children-25-aug-072008-10-25T09:30:25Zaljazeera
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<p>Al Jazeera's David Hawkins meets the children of illegal immigrants from the Philippines living on the streets of Sabah.</p>
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Fighters flee Philippines military - 23-August-2007http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/10878-fighters-flee-philippines-military-23-august-20072008-10-25T09:30:47Zaljazeera
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<p>The Southern Philippines continues to see violence and many of those fighting thereare fleeing to third countries in a bid to escape the security forces.</p>
<p>David Hawkins, reporting for Al Jazeera, takes a look at the porous frontier between Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia.</p>
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Japan's nuclear plants threatened - 9-August-2007http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9775-japan-s-nuclear-plants-threatened-9-august-20072008-10-25T21:31:16Zaljazeera
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<p>An earthquake that damaged a nuclear plant has cast doubt on whether Japan's nuclear facilities are robust enough to withstand severe quakes. David Hawkins reports.</p>
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Caught without a country - 05-August-2007http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9434-caught-without-a-country-05-august-20072008-10-26T03:30:42Zaljazeera
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<p>Five years ago, the Thai police arrested Afang Chue Mua and threatened to deport her, to send her to back to Myanmar. But Afang was born in Thailand and so were her parents.
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<br />They are members of one of seven hill tribes living in Northern Thailand. David Hawkins, reporting for Al Jazeera from mae Chan in Thailand, investigates the country's stateless people.</p>
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