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on running the Update Manager, following message shows up

E: Encountered a section with no package
E: Problem with MergeList/var/lib/apt/lists/oem.archive.canonical.com_updates_dists_precise-oem-sp1_public_i18n_Translation-en
The package list could not be opened or parsed.
Installed packages have unmet dependencies.

Software center also crashes as soon as it starts.

Mitch
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Rishabh
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Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type the following commands one by one:

 sudo dpkg --configure -a
 sudo aptitude update
 sudo aptitude upgrade

If that doesn't fix your problem use the following commands: 

sudo rm -rvf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update
kiri
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M.Tarun
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in your terminal 

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/oem.archive.canonical.com_updates_dists_precise-oem-sp1_public_i18n_Translation-en
sudo apt-get update

for dependencies issues 

sudo apt-get install -f
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