Ipad pages won't open any documents, it lets me create one but won't open it

Basically the title says it all
Ipad pages won't open any documents, it lets me create one but won't open it
I have updated it last night, but the same problem was happening yesterday afternoon
iPad 2 - I bought it March 2012

Check the following settings:
1. Settings>Pages>Use iCloud>On
2. Settings>iCloud>Documents and Data>On

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