ITunes 8 Upgrade Results in 5002 unknown Error when trying to update Apps

iTunes 8 reports that I have apps with updates available. When trying to update them I get this error:
We could not complete your iTunes Store Request.
An unknown error occurred (5002).
There was an error in the Itunes Store. Please try again later.

Here is what I did:
Look at the App Store on the phone and see what needs to be updated. Go back to iTunes and delete the Applications (I told it to trash it). Go into the iTunes Store and find the applications you just deleted. "Purchase" them again and it should download the latest version. No, you will not be charged again if you purchased it already. You can probably also do a "Check for Available Downloads" after you delete it instead of going through the purchasing process.
This is just a workaround. I'm not sure if subsequent updates will work or not. It may be that each app needs to be deleted and re-downloaded for updates to work.

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