Some Contact FILEs cannot be opened in Address Book

Here "Contact Files" indicates the .abcdp files exsiting under:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata/
I have not noticed this before so that I am not sure whether this is specific to Snow Leopard.
There are some contact FILES that, though can be searched by Spotlight and showed in Quick Look, can NOT be opened by Address Book.
After I double clicked one of such contacts, Address Book is activated as normal: no warning message was shown and no abnormal system behavior.
Has everybody experienced the same problem or been aware of the cause/solution?
Thanks!
btw, I can share such files if you ask.

Below a link to a file which is an application to canadian visist visa, you can find the link also in the folowing site:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visa.asp.
I ttried to open the PDF file form Web, and down loaded from web to my Mac, but in both attempts did not work, and I 've beem asked to upgrade to a later Adobe version from the site or from the PDF file.
Application for Temporary Resident Visa [IMM 5257] (PDF, 338 KB)

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