My search for an interesting yet on-subject topic somehow stopped at Yahoo's new project called "The Hot Zone", a "unique, multimedia perspective on some of the world's most troubled and dangerous places." The goal is to provide a "much-needed look" at war-torn regions that have little to no media coverage.

While the ongoing interaction of video, audio, images, and stories will provide a refreshingly different user experience and entice visitors' personal investment in the project, it will be interesting to see how involved the company itself becomes in its newest endeavor. Without any posts to date on http://hotzone.yahoo.com, there is already news that Yahoo agreed to censor its search engine and e-mail accounts.

With this incident, I wonder what the future will bring. On one hand, for Yahoo to successfully continue with an international movement, they would have to abide by another country's regulations as Microsoft already has. But on the other, when does Yahoo decide whether they are a news reporting agency or an Internet Service Provider? Until some decisions are made, there could be some definite issues for their tens of millions of e-mail users here and abroad.

Maybe this movement and a blog handbook will help Yahoo (or at least the bloggers out there).