Bjork's mother continues hunger strike

The mother of pop diva Bjork said today she was frail but determined after three weeks of a hunger strike aimed at persuading the world’s largest aluminium producer to abandon a three billion US dollar (€3bn) project in the Icelandic highlands.

Hildur Runa Hauksdottir stopped eating on October 7 to try to persuade Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Inc. to pull out of the scheme to build an aluminium smelter and hydroelectric plant in the wilderness area.