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Security teams are taking strict measures to ensure the safety of President Bush, who is in Turkey speaking with NATO leaders about the future of Iraq. So far, the procedures have included a helicopter ride that pre-empted the presidential motorcade. The added security has put a damper on protesters demonstrating against NATO and Bush's policies in Iraq. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook, NPR's Don Gonyea and the BBC's Jonny Diamond.

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In Gulfport, Miss., attorney Jim Wetzel and his wife, Garnette, have almost completed rebuilding their 20-year-old Georgian Manor on the coast. It's about the only home on Beach Boulevard that's still standing. The mayor of Gulfport calls it an inspiration to the community.

In a series of reports for Radio Expeditions, Elizabeth Arnold journeys to Sri Lanka with one of the first teams to assess the environmental aftermath of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami.

Forecasters say Hurricane Ivan could be the most powerful storm to strike the Gulf Coast in decades. The Category 4 hurricane has winds approaching 140 miles an hour. It's moving north through the Gulf of Mexico and should strike the coast near Mobile by early Thursday. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Jon Hamilton.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on the lost Jews of southern Africa, a tribe that has insisted for centuries that its members are descendants of the ancient Jews. Now, there is DNA evidence to support the claim.

High School student Melanie Thomasson says when she hears the kids she used to baby-sit playing baseball outside on a summer night, she realizes she's lost her summers to obligations and activities.

The soccer stadium in the Haitian seaside town of Les Cayes is now a tent city of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake. Aid continues to arrive, but slowly.

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast. It's been dumping rain across Florida for days. Now Alabama and Mississippi are feeling its effects.

In this edition of North Coast Update, Susan Andrews covers:An investigation into Wednesday's shooting in downtown Crescent City, in which Trenton Andrews…