No contacts in Address Panel

Hi. Every now and again no contacts appear in my Address Panel. Nothing has changed as far as I know i.e. no iCal server changes and I'm not doing anything different on the iCal client. No pattern that I can see as to why this happens. Anyone got any ideas?

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There is always something I miss, or never noticed.
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...I think that might be the reason I can't invite attendees.
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