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　　An ancient Egyptian mummy thought to be that of Pharaoh Ramses Ⅰ has returned home after more than 140 years in North American museums．The body was carried off the plane in Cairo in a box wraped in Egypt's flag．

　　The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3,000 years ago．The US Museum acquired(得到)it three years ago from a Canadian museum, which is thought to have bought it from Egyptian grave robbers in 1860．The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo．

　　Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities(文物最高委员会), traveled from the US with the body and said it would be moved next year to the Luxor Museum in Southern Egypt．“We are not 100％ sure that the mummy is that of Ramses Ⅰ,”said Mr Hawass．“But we are 100％ sure that it is of a king．”

　　Atlanta's Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999, but offered to return it after hi-tech scanning(扫描)equipment indicated it was likely to be that of Ramses Ⅰ．The museum website said it had been acquired from the Niagara Falls Museum．It is thought a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family which had stumbled on(偶然发现)a tomb filled with royal mummies at a site near Luxor．

　　Mr Hawass praised the handover(移交)as“a great, civilized gesture”．And he appealed(呼吁)to other world museums to return Egypt's antiquities, particularly the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, and the Bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum．

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　　Brazil has become one of the developing world's great success at reducing population growth－but more by accident than design．While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard．

　　Brazil's population growth rate has dropped from 2.99％ a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93％ a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average．Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, and achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries．Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas and installment(分期付款)plans introduced in the 1970s．Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate．Brazil is one of the world's biggest producers of soap operas．Globe, Brazil's most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night．Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the hight life in big cities．

　　“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction(生育), they describe middle and upper class values－not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,”says Martine．“They sent this idea to all parts of Brazil and made people know other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package．”

　　Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers(消费者)．“This led to an enormous change in consumption(消费)patterns and consumption was incompatible(不相容的)with unlimited reproduction．”says Martin．

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　　Fred Michel is one of 7.2 million Americans who moonlight, or hold more than one job．

　　Once a week, after his day job as medical director of a mental health center, the 40-year-old psychiatrist(精神病大夫)heads to a part-time job at a treatment center for young people．Twice a month, he travels three hours to another teenage treatment center．

　　Last year, 5.4 percent of the American workforce held second jobs, according to the US Labor Department, and that looks set to increase this year．

　　“Many workers like the safety that moonlighting provides,”says Carl Hausman, the writer of“Moonlighting：148 Great Ways to Make Money on the Side”．

　　The information from the US Labor Department shows that 40 percent of US moonlighters in 1997 took a second job to meet household expenses or pay off debts．Others save money or buy some special things．

　　People also take second jobs with an eye to the future-wanting to try out a new field or gain experience．

　　Michel started moonlighting when medical systems were unstable(不稳定的)．He wanted to make sure he wasn't tied to one system that ended up failing．

　　Just as the purposes for moonlighting vary, the moonlighters cross all age and racial groups．And they work in a variety of industries－no longer just service, office and sale jobs．

　　“Technology just affects your ability to make money,”Hausman says．“That makes a frequent change in moonlighting．”

　　As its name means, moonlighting still occurs mostly at night．And that results in some pressures．Chief among them is time．

　　Full-time employers could misunderstand, too．Some companies do not allow afterhour work because they fear it will affect their employees' 9-to-5 performance．

　　“The primary employer is saying,' Wait, I'm paying you for the sharp, fresh, energetic you,'”says Tom Gimbel, president and founder of LaSalle Staffing in Chicago．“If you're burning yourself at both ends, it's going to show．”

　　Still, the good done to the moonlighters can be great．Besides extra income, moonlighters enjoy varety, freedom and chance to do something new．They also may find their part-time jobs strengthen what they do full time．

　　“Besides, it's fun,”Michel says．Not only do the part-time jobs offer a chance to network, stretch his professional skills and make more money, but they also give him the variety he wouldn't find just in a full-time job．

　　“It's a way of pulling from the spice cabinet,”he says,“and offering a little variety throughout the day．”

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　　Paris has the Eiffel Tower(艾菲尔铁塔), Rome the Colosseum(圆形大剧场)，New York the Statue of Liberty．These symbolic landmarks are recognizable worldwide．

　　Brussels(布鲁塞尔)meanwhile has the Manneken Piss(撒尿小童)．Think of the Belgian(比利时的)capital and if anything, you think of the small peeing(撒尿)boy－a 60-centimenter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water to the basin under him．

　　Some might laugh．But for Jacques Stroobants, the statue is up there with the best of them．“I am proud of him．People come from all around the world to see him,”says 60-year-old Stroobants with a fatherly glance(慈父般的眼神)at the little boy．

　　As the most famous landmark of Brussels, Manneken Piss has a very special place in the heart of Belgians．

　　The original Manneken Piss dates back to 1388, but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one, after the original was destroyed．

　　There are many stories surrounding the legend of Manneken Piss．Nobody knows why he was created．One story is that he saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his well-aimed wee-wee(小便)．But the most believable story is that the boy－the son of a wealthy nobleman(贵族)－was missing and feared, kidnapped(绑架)．The father had a statue built in honour of the way his son was found－peeing against a tree．

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