We can has digi-activism this week. Hillary Clinton's senior adviser for innovation, Alec Ross, speaks about Internet freedom and reaching out through social media. Plus: the geeks trying to change the world at TechCamp and the Belarusian graffiti artists taking on the regime.

The death of Ahmad Wali Karzai, Karl Eikenberry's parting shots, and why an Uzbek comedian isn't laughing.

It's the Best of "The Blender" -- Christopher Hitchens, Jail Time In Egypt, Balalaikas, and Boney M!

Chelsea Handler insults Serbia -- plus crazy communist architecture, a Kyrgyz kindergarten teaches tolerance, and some nice noises from Georgia in our special "Ear to the Ground" music segment.

Is there another Yelena Bonner out there? Plus, voices from the Syrian crisis, U.S.-Pakistani snarls, and a crossword clue that's got Kazakhs hopping mad.

The escalating financial crisis in Belarus, plus an interview with Obama's top adviser on Russia, and Chicago's hilarious singing Uzbek taxi driver.

Correspondent Daisy Sindelar reports from Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan, on the one-year anniversary of the brutal ethnic violence that rocked the region. Plus, heroin addicts in Kabul, and an interview with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.

Kids With Bombs; The Balalaika As A Threat To Church And State; Why No One Listens In The Balkans; 60 Years Of Radio Free Europe

The Capture Of Ratko Mladic: Who Wins, Who Loses; Bob Dylan Turns 70; State Censorship -- A Loving Remembrance

We journey to a remote Pakistan valley to find out more about the fraud charges being leveled against author Greg Mortenson.

Bosnia faces a major political crisis. Some are questioning whether the country could dissolve again into chaos and ethnic violence.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but his legacy lives on, as the U.S. reconsiders its relationship with Pakistan and mulls the value of torture.

Under the Taliban, morality police patrolled Afghan weddings. Now a draft law threatens to bring the morality patrols back.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, we listen as Natalia Churikova, a broadcaster with our Ukrainian Service, remembers what it was like as a schoolgirl in nearby Kyiv during those scary days in April 1986, when Ukraine -- and the world -- first learned of the explosion and fire at Reactor No. 4.

Russian mothers struggle to help their children cope with a disease most people have never heard of; a lively roundtable discussion on the merits of France's ban of the full-face Islamic veil.

A protester, a policeman, and a surgeon look back on Kyrgyzstan's bloody April 2010 protests; Peter Weir Discusses 'The Way Back'; 50 Years Later, Yury Gagarin Remembered -- In Words And In Music.

After 11-month ordeal, the crew of a Georgian ship recalls their harrowing Libyan escape; exiled Belarusian politician senses opposition's moment to unify.

Kremlin-watcher Brian Whitmore analyzes the Medvedev-Putin split over Libya; the ballet behind the Kyrgyz komuz; digital dissidents and digital rogues.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld talks about two wars, Central Asia, and his own mistakes; WikiLeaks says it's no different than a newspaper; Uzbekistan has no sympathy for devil music.

We commemorate the 100-year anniversary of International Women's Day by looking at the roles of women in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Chechnya. We also talk to RFE/RL correspondent Abubakar Siddique about why the Taliban remains a threat despite attempts to curb its influence.

Meet Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka's No. 1 sidekick -- his 6-year-old son, Kolya; blogs offer a window into Iran; Serbia exports the rule book for revolution.

Former Czech president and world renowned playwright Vaclav Havel talks to us about his directorial debut on a new movie based on his play called "Leaving."

Armenia rocked by sex scandal; an interview with author Barry Rubin on the Egyptian revolution; dutar virtuoso Murad Rakhimov of Turkmenistan; "Uncovered," original reporting on underreported stories.

'An Orgy Of Violence,' A Harrowing Account Of Being Detained By The Egyptian Intelligence Services

Egypt And Its Repercussions In Central Asia And Azerbaijan; Boney M. Brings Disco To The Soviet Bloc