Fire breaks out at Kosovo government headquarters during protest


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  • Sunday, 10 Jan 2016

A Kosovo government building is set on fire by protesters during clashes in Pristina, Kosovo January 9, 2016. REUTERS/Agron Beqiri

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Demonstrators in Kosovo fought running battles with police and set fire to the government's headquarters on Saturday as anger simmers in the young Balkan country over an accord with its former ruler, Serbia.

The seat of government in the capital, Pristina, briefly caught fire after it came under a hail of petrol bombs. Firefighters quickly doused the flames and police used tear gas to drive back several thousand opposition demonstrators.

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