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Web encyclopaedia Wikipedia temporarily banned anonymous posts to its site from people in Qatar after repeated reports of net vandalism.

The 12-hour ban hit large numbers of people in the country because all web traffic in Qatar is routed through a single net address.

Wikipedia says pages about the US, sex and the birthday of the prophet Muhammad were vandalised.

The site is run by its users and anyone is free to alter posts in good faith.

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, wrote: "This IP (internet protocol) number was temporarily blocked for less than 12 hours, and a block of an entire nation would go absolutely against Wikipedia policy."

In an earlier post on the Wikipedia site, it said: "Anonymous editing from this internet address is currently disabled due to a large volume of spam and vandalism that we have received from this address."

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