Bjork's mother ends four-week hunger strike

Bjork's mother has ended her four week hunger strike. By the end of her campaign the 56-year-old Hildur Runa Hauksdottir had lost more than 14 lbs. But she said she had achieved her aim to draw global attention to the plans by US company Alcoa to build the aluminum smelter and hydroelectric plant above the glacier at Vatnajokull. "Americans, Europeans, people in the Far East have all contacted me asking how they can help, how they can stop this," she told reporters. "I thank them for their support and I urge them to keep track by reading the campaign website - www.raddir.is. But a lot more work needs to be done - time is running out."