Problem with MergeList when using update-manager

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Published on 2012-09-01T01:35:06Z Indexed on 2012/09/01 3:49 UTC
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Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, 
E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages, 
E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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