(Reuters) - In December 1958, Argentina, battling inflation and weak reserves, agreed a $75-million loan with the International Monetary Fund, its first deal with the Washington-based lender in a record 23 programs totalling $177 billion in agreed funds.

In Bangladesh, the first sign that the World Cup is coming is not on television. It is on the rooftops. A month before the tournament, your horizon is draped. Sky-blue and white over one house, yellow and green over the next, strung between bamboo poles ...