Pages '09 Document won't open - file missing

Hi all, I recently upgraded to Pages '09, and have created my first document it in, a four page newsletter. I attempted to open it this evening, and am getting an error message that says "Newsletter Name" couldn't be opened, the required index.xml file is missing.
If I attempt to open it in Pages, it doesn't even show up on my recent list. I can see it in my documents, though, and trying to open it there gives me the above message. Is there a way to recover the document, or am I doomed? Obviously, I've now learned to save a copy, but I've never had this happen and have created over 50 documents in Pages '06 and 08.
Oh, and I can do a "quick view" and see the document in small format.
Help!

Amy,
I was having a similiar problem: Message-"The document [ ] cannot be opened. The file is not in the right format. The file might be corrupted, truncated or in a different format that than you expect."
I was able to figure out that for some reason Pages did not set itself as the default program to open Pages documents. Very strange.
Here's what I did: select the icon that represents the document, go to Finder menu and select File - Get Info, in 'Sharing and Permissions' section click on the 'key' icon and type in my password from the keychain, in the 'Open with...' section change the software selection to 'Pages', go to 'Sharing and Permissions' to lock the 'key' icon, close 'Get Info'.
Hope this helps anyone.

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