Bad piggies causing trouble in Afghanistan

Millions of Afghan girls are now getting the education that their mothers couldn't. But as a result, the girls and their schools are often targets for violent attacks. Girls' education is also hamstrung by arranged marriages at an early age. Even worse is that for many girls in Afghanistan, the simple act of walking to school can be a life-threatening journey. "You close the door behind you, and you enter a war zone," said Nushin Arbabzadah, an American-based author and scholar who was raised in Afghanistan. There were at least 185 documented attacks on schools and hospitals in Afghanistan last year, according to the United Nations, and the majority of those attacks were attributed to armed groups opposed to educating females. Whoever the bellends responsible for the attacks are, if they're reading this, they should be aware that their behaviour is not on. But what is on is J.K. Rowling's first foray into fiction for adults. And thanks to her Harry Potter fame, her new novel, "The Casual Vacancy," is already a best-seller, even before its release today. But some parents worry that their children might expect another adventure at Hogwarts, which this book is not. "I'm dying to read 'The Casual Vacancy,'" said Kacy Faulconer, a 40-year-old mother of four kids ages 5 through 15. "But I'll have to read it first before I decide whether my kids can read it." But I won't be reading the paper version because that's just a waste of trees which could be used to clean all the CO2 out of the air and replace it with oxygen. But it's not all about oxygen tonight because Finnish mobile gaming developer Rovio has launched its latest title, Bad Piggies - a spin-off of its hugely popular game, Angry Birds. The company hopes its latest effort will prove that its 2009 hit, which has been downloaded over a billion times, was not a one-off. A more recent Rovio release, Amazing Alex, failed to sustain early success, but if Bad Piggies sells well, some analysts believe Rovio may float its stock as soon as next year.