Older page documents wont open

Can't seem to open old Pages documents in either '08 or '06
They were saved fine, and haven't been touched since.
Saw a previous report saying its the XML file. I replaced it with the fle of one that opened and found it relates to all the image file locations.
Is there anyway of converting, opening or importing the document so I can retrieve the data?
Thanks

The important part of a Pages document is the Index.xml.gz file.
If you replace it by one grabbed from an other document, you will get this other document minus the inserted pictures.
What was the exact contents of the 'previous report saying its the XML file'?
What have you made with the original Index.xml.gz file ?
If you didn't keep it all is lost.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 1 novembre 2008 18:46:11)

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