Cannot sync iphone 3G contacts and address book using MacBook Pro. What can i do?

I have an iPhone 3G and a MacBook Pro with latest operating system. Have also set up iCloud on Mac. iPhone is not on IOS5. Within the last day, the contacts disappeard from phone. Tried to sync using itunes, including the option to copy contact content to phone. Also powered off the phone to see if a reset would work.
Does anyone have an idea as to how to copy / sync contacts to phone when the software does not seem interested in doing it automatically?
Thanks

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