failure of update manager 12.04

[btkdpl]

Hello!
Update manager fails with:
"Failed to load the package list"
To report a bug, you use the update manager, which fails (recursive call).

How can one now report a bug?
I have appended the information I gleaned about the problem, if anyone can help.

Thanks in advance
Alvin Bampton
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