Thailand Drops Plan to Sue Google

May 11th, 2007 Thailand Drops Plan to Sue Google (AP)

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej arrives at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok in this July 20, 2006 file photo. The Thai government abruptly scrapped plans to sue Google after the U.S. company agreed to remove from a Web site video clips deemed insulting to the country's revered king, an official said Friday, May 11, 2007. (AP Photo/ Sakchai Lalit)

(AP) -- The Thai government abruptly scrapped plans to sue Google after the U.S. company agreed to remove from a Web site video clips deemed insulting to the country's revered king, an official said Friday.

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