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MONICA LLOYD, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: We're happy to have you with us for this Wednesday edition of CNN Student News. I'm Monica Lloyd. Hoping to raise awareness: A popular search engine wants to give millions of users a closer look at a humanitarian crisis. Hoping to bypass electors: One state might be looking to change the way it casts its votes in presidential elections. And hoping to land safely: A unique pilot is flying blind on a trip that's taking him halfway around the world.

First Up: Googling a Crisis

LLOYD: First up, a popular Web service is giving you a closer look at a war-torn part of the world. "Google Earth" can give you a bird's-eye view of your state, your town, even your street. The program combines Google's search engine with satellite imagery and maps to let you zoom in to any spot in the world. Zain Verjee explains why it now wants to make millions of users aware of a humanitarian crisis.

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ZAIN VERJEE, CNN STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT: It's like taking a magic carpet ride into a place no one wants to fly into. But one click on Google Earth -- the on-line mapping service -- will transport you to the war-torn region of Darfur in western Sudan. Become a witness looking down on burned villages, like this one called Kubar. Click on it, and see the number of structures destroyed. Out of more than a thousand, fewer than 100 remain here.

VERJEE: Google, working with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, wants to raise awareness about the genocide.

ELLIOT SCHRAGE, GOOGLE VICE-PRESIDENT: The situation in Darfur is a global catastrophe and because we believe technology can be a catalyst for education --

VERJEE: Rights groups say more than 200,000 people have been killed in the civil war there by a deadly militia group backed by the government. Since 2003, rebels have been fighting for a share of oil money and political power. More than two and a half million people have fled their homes. Google Earth loads up on details, breaking down how many refugees are in camps.

DAOWD SALIH, DARFUR REFUGEE: It's not about the numbers. It's about the people, people like my brothers and sister who are still in Darfur in internally displaced camps.

VERJEE: Click on cameras to see pictures of the war -- and link to videos that have been taken by eyewitnesses. Darfur refugees say there's only one way to end their tragedy:

SALIH: We need U.N. peacekeepers on the ground to stop the killing. We need the United States government and its partners.

VERJEE: Deputy secretary of state John Negroponte is visiting Sudan this week. He's expected to deliver a tough message from Washington, essentially asking the Sudanese government to allow an international peacekeeping force on the ground; otherwise, Sudan faces the threat of more sanctions. Zain Verjee, CNN, Washington.

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Is This Legit?

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit? A U.S. president is directly elected by popular vote. Nope! American voters actually choose members of the Electoral College to elect their president and vice president.

Electoral College Dropout?

LLOYD: So just what is the Electoral College? It's a group of 538 people who represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These electors cast their ballots after the country votes in the November general election. Usually, "electors," as they're called, vote for the candidate that won their state's popular vote, but no federal law says they have to, and it can be a big problem when the electoral and popular votes produce different winners. Bill Schneider explains why one state is considering dropping out of the Electoral College.

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BILL SCHNEIDER, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST: Today, Maryland became the first state in the union to drop out of college -- the Electoral College, that is. Maryland's new law will go into effect only if enough states pass similar laws to total 270 electoral votes -- the number needed to elect a president. Those states would agree to appoint presidential electors who would vote for the winner of the national popular vote. That would prevent what happened in 2000 -- George W. Bush got elected by winning the Electoral College, even though Al Gore got more votes.

SCHNEIDER: Right now, candidates spend most of their time campaigning in battleground states. Often in tiny places, like Elyria, Ohio, and Saint Charles, Missouri. If the new system were adopted, constitutional scholar Tom Mann says:

THOMAS MANN, BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: You would see a much greater emphasis by the candidates campaigning in large, uncompetitive states. States like California, Texas and New York.

SCHNEIDER: But the new rules would also disconnect a state's voters from its electors. Maryland voters could vote 100 percent Democratic, but if the Republican won the national vote, Maryland's electoral vote would go to the Republican.

MANN: It's based on the proposition that, say, those of us who live in Maryland care more about the national outcome of the popular vote for the president across the country than we do for our own particular state.

SCHNEIDER: What would it mean for third-party candidates like Ralph Nader, who created so much mischief in 2000?

MANN: I think Ralph Nader is probably more influential under the current rules, although I think under the proposed rules you would get a lot more players in the game, and therefore, a lot more uncertainty.

SCHNEIDER: This change is a long way from happening. It takes 270 electoral votes to make it work. How many electoral votes does Maryland have? Ten. Bill Schneider, CNN Washington.

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I.D. Me

AZUZ: See if you can ID Me! I'm a country located in western Europe, though I have overseas departments in South America, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. My population of nearly 63 million is governed by a republic. My capital is Paris. That third clue gave it away. I'm France, and my flag, which you can see here, is known as the "tricolor."

Hitting the Books

LLOYD: That republic will have a new leader soon, as France gets ready for a presidential election later this month. If French voters are looking to read up on the candidates ahead of time, they might want to head to the shelves before they head to the polls. Jim Bittermann has the write-up on France's published politicians.

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JIM BITTERMANN, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: In a country where more than one hundred new books are published each day, it probably comes as no surprise that hundreds of thousands of bibliophiles turn out for the Paris Book Fair -- to lap up the literary latest and schmooze with their favorite authors.

BITTERMANN: And what a special treat there was for French readers this year: 110 new titles written exclusively by or about the presidential candidates. Bernard Pivot, France's most recognizable literary critic confirms that you need this sort of "pulp non-fiction", or you're just not presidential timber.

BERNARD PIVOT, AUTHOR AND CRITIC: You cannot be an eminent politician in France if you have not written any books, or if no one has written a book about you. This is absolutely impossible!

BITTERMANN: In fact, just counting across the bewildering stacks of political books you'll discover that the five leading candidates have over their careers published 38 books, more than seven each, usually about themselves, usually grinning from their covers and supposedly actually written by the otherwise awfully busy presidential candidate -- well, supposedly. A long time writer and one time politico described what sometimes has happened when some politicians were asked about details in books they seemingly wrote.

JACQUE ATTALI, WRITER AND EX-PRESIDENTIAL AIDE: They had not even read their own book, because you raise questions about specific points in their books, and they were not even unaware.

BITTERMANN: Isn't that kind of dishonest?

ATTALI: You can say that.

BITTERMANN: Attali and others say the political books don't really change voters minds, because people choose to read what they already believe in. But books can create a buzz in the media and improve a politician's stature and credibility -- well, most of the time. Both leading candidates this year have had frothy books written about them, but they have also suffered on the pages of nasty attack books. Whatever the agenda, to the French glitterati, only rarely are the political tomes considered literature.

BERNARD-HENRI LEVY, FRENCH PHILOSOPHER: Do I read these books? Reading? Reading? I would say go through them. I am not sure they are really worth being thoroughly read. They are not even done for that. I go through them.

BITTERMANN: Still hundreds of thousands of copies of political books will be consumed this election year perhaps to the astonishment of even those who write them. Former President Charles de Gaulle, who most would probably say was an accomplished writer, put it this way: "Since a politician never believes what he says, he is always surprised when people take him at his word." Jim Bittermann, CNN, Paris.

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Before We Go

LLOYD: Before we go, a pilot you have to see to believe. Miles Hilton-Barber is flying his microlight plane halfway around the world. But he won't be taking in the sights along the way, because he can't. The pilot lost his eyesight 25 years ago. He's navigating the trip with voice output technology, which translates information like wind speed and the plane's compass heading into his helmet. A sighted co-pilot is along for the 13,000 mile ride.

Goodbye

LLOYD: And that brings today's show in for a landing. We'll see you back here tomorrow for more CNN Student News. Thanks for watching. I'm Monica Lloyd.