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June 14, 1999
Web posted at: 3:33 p.m. EDT (1933 GMT)

GLOGOVAC, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- A flood of about 25,000 displaced people came down out of the hills around this small village Monday as the first U.N. convoy arrived with relief supplies.

Serb paramilitary forces, still in the area, did not interfere as aid workers handed out wheat, flour, oil, baby formula, blankets and bottled water.

Many of the displaced said they had not eaten bread in months.

"There is no meat. The cattle have been killed. They're only eating corn," said Christiane Berthiaume of the World Food Program.

"The big problem is there won't be any harvest this year, so we need to help them to go back home very quickly," she added.

One woman showed a typical daily ration: a few handfuls of popped corn in a bowl.

Dennis McNamara with the United Nations said Serb forces fired in the air as they left the area, but no one was hurt. He said approximately 500,000 are displaced in Kosovo.

The World Food Program and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees brought five large trucks of supplies into this village 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) west of Pristina, which is normally home to 5,000 people.

Some refugees in Macedonia and Albania seemed to heed UNHCR's warnings not to rush back to Kosovo before they are assured that the province is secure, said UNHCR spokeswoman Judith Kumin.

Others nonetheless crossed into southern Kosovo on Monday. They waited in long lines at a Macedonia border checkpoint, now controlled by U.S. soldiers. Some stopped to kiss the ground as they crossed.

Others near the Morina, Albania, border crossing went over the border on their own, away from traveled roads and NATO checkpoints. Risking land mines, unexploded bombs and sniper fire, they set off through the woods for home.

Many have taken a mountain trail, despite knowing the risks. Land mines, set off by hidden trip wires, already have been found.

Correspondents Matthew Chance and Jeff Flock contributed to this report.

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