Iphoto wont open,keep getting Alert:The photo IMG_3515.jpg could not be opened,because the original item cannot be found. It opened fine two days ago. Any suggestions? iPhoto 9.3.2

iphoto wont open,keep getting Alert:The photo IMG_3515.jpg could not be opened,because the original item cannot be found. It opened fine two days ago. Any suggestions? iPhoto 9.3.2

No changes were made. I saw in one of the threads where someone said to repair the database(which didn't work) or Rebuild the database(which did work). Thanks to one all for the support.
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Regards
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OK so I got back from Hawaii and wanted to import some pics. I had an unfortunate accident and had to buy a new camera. So now I had two cards both with some of the same image numbers. After I wanted to redo the import so I deleted the original pics and the folders in iPhoto and put them back onto the hard drive in separate folders. Now I get the message
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A Managed Library, is the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing. The files are then stored in the Library package
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It sounds like this batch of photos were imported as Referenced.
Regards
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Thanks.

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Regards
TD

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Mac OS X
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Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000
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Microsoft Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7
\Users\username\Music\iTunes\
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
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Garageband 10.0.2

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