Newly appointed US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks to US military personnel stationed at Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo November 21, 2013. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain US President John F. Kennedy, arrived in Japan to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a late start to a political career for which her family is renowned. [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.