Buddies have disappeared from list

I was using iChat last night and it was working just fine. When I go to boot it up this afternoon I noticed that it took longer to appear. Then the list loads, with the white and blue background but none of my buddies are there. Most are still in my Address Book so when I tried to add them one by one it wouldn't let me. I would put in the name, and then click add, but nothing shows up on the list. Then I tried to create a chat with someone that I remembered the name and it said that the privacy settings prevent me from talking to this person. Yes, I checked my privacy settings and it is set to Allow Everyone, and there is no one on my block list. I was able to add the names I had through Meebo, and it still works if I log on now. My iChat still does not have any names and I have tried restarting the computer and everything. Does anyone have any tips as to how I can get my list back, or at least get me a way to fix the problem so I can just add them myself?

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