Thu Nov 12, 10:33 AM ET

Protesters threw eggs and stones at a motorcade carrying Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, pictured here in June 2009, who had been in the area for a rally organised by his Democratic party of Kosovo (DPK).The United States on Thursday voiced its "distress" over violence during campaigning for this weekend's landmark local elections in Kosovo. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)

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