A rocking chair once owned by former President John Kennedy is seen in the window of an auction house in New York, October 17, 2013. The chair is expected to fetch approximately $100,000 at an auction on November 23 in Dallas. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.