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4 die in Burma Bombing



                     4 Die in Burma Bombing 

                     Wednesday, December 25, 1996 10:01 pm EST 

                     RANGOON, Burma (AP) -- A bomb exploded Wednesday night at
                     a pagoda in Rangoon, killing four people and wounding 18. 

                     The explosion occurred at the Kabaaye Pagoda, where a relic
                     believed to be Buddha's tooth is being displayed. There
were no
                     immediate details of the explosion. 

                     The tooth is on loan from China, which lent the relic
as a good-will
                     gesture this month. It is one of two believed to have
survived since
                     Buddha's death 2,500 years ago. The other tooth relic
is kept in Sri
                     Lanka.