The mother of Icelandic pop singer Bjork is 11 days into a hunger strike in protest at plans to develop part of Iceland's wilderness. Hildur Runa Hauksdottir is trying to stop the aluminium producer Alcoa building a smelter and power plant in the area above Vatnajokull in east Iceland. Bjork, who has recently given birth to her second child, was one of the first critics of the huge scheme when it was proposed almost three years ago. |