I'm unable to update or open the Software Center/ Update Manager

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Published on 2012-10-20T09:44:36Z Indexed on 2012/10/20 11:21 UTC
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The error message says:

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

'update-manager'

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror3.ubuntulinux.nl_dists_hardy-seveas_freenx_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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