German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts her hand into the mouth of a horse in the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, July 17, 2010. Merkel celebrated her 56th birthday in Xi'an; her Chinese zodiac symbol is the horse. [Photo/IC]
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.