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How do I fix “malformed line” errors in sources.list?

I received this error message during an update and I do not know how to solve?

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:Malformed line 59 in source list 
/etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)'
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    It means when you were editing /etc/apt/sources.list you made a typo, please edit your question and add the contents of that file. – Jorge Castro Jul 21 '12 at 00:31
  • root@drtamer-G41MT-S2PT:/home/marwa# sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.lis >>>>>>the then gedit open with alot deb.# but the line were 49 only – marwa Jul 21 '12 at 02:57
  • @marwa Please edit this question and include all the text from the file in it. Even if it doesn't contain the correct number of lines. – Eliah Kagan Jul 21 '12 at 02:58
  • dear Eliah Kagan i try to make edit on my Q. but i received massage Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because: 
    We're sorry, but as a spam prevention mechanism, new users can only post a maximum of two hyperlinks. Earn more than 10 reputation to post more hyperlinks.so what can i do ???
    – marwa Jul 21 '12 at 03:22
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    @marwa After you edit the question, select the file content that you just pasted and press Ctrl-K. That will make the content look like a code and will let you submit the edit. – jokerdino Jul 21 '12 at 11:43

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