Cannot update 12.04 due to "Failed to fetch" warning

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Published on 2012-10-20T15:34:10Z Indexed on 2012/10/21 11:20 UTC
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I can't update my ubuntu 12.04. I tried it from terminal, update manager and also from the synaptic package manager. The error is

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en_IN  Unable to connect to 172.20.0.100:8080:
W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/universe/i18n/Translation-en  Unable to connect to 172.20.0.100:8080:
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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