August 29, 2013
![An unmanned Delta 4 Heavy rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, to put a classified satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a70c69ad-66e3-40d6-affe-891f63749631_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An unmanned Delta 4 Heavy rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, to put a classified satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
![A U.N. chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. A team of U.N. experts left their Damascus hotel for a third day of on-site investigations into apparent chemical weapons attacks on the outskirts of the capital.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cf6eb52f-5165-45d5-881b-96809af20162_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A U.N. chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus. A team of U.N. experts left their Damascus hotel for a third day of on-site investigations into apparent chemical weapons attacks on the outskirts of the capital.
![People look at a SUV submerged in floodwaters in Bamako, Mali. Torrential rains caused flash floods, washing away homes in several neighbourhoods, a government minister said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bbe8a7ce-c628-4330-bc53-be3262335f22_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People look at a SUV submerged in floodwaters in Bamako, Mali. Torrential rains caused flash floods, washing away homes in several neighbourhoods, a government minister said.
![A woman walks past a wall covered with Chinese characters from chapters of John Rawls' book "A Theory of Justice" outside an art gallery in Beijing.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ae91b622-f2b0-46cc-a74e-fa87751a36ef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks past a wall covered with Chinese characters from chapters of John Rawls' book "A Theory of Justice" outside an art gallery in Beijing.