Problems importing pics to iphoto

I'm working on a slideshow and I'm having trouble importing some photos to iphoto. I've followed the instructions by going to "add to library" on iphoto, I've selected the pic files but I get an edit that says "Unreadable Files: 17 the following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)."
The files are jpg or tiff that was emailed to me and I retrieved from the internet.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve

Steven,
I have had a similar problem. I get the same message as you. it all began when I installed Canon Eos viewer Utility and Canon file utility for my digital shots. I could not import them to I-photo and soon afterwards I lost the ability to work with I-photo. I cannot download i-photo 6 because I-photo 5 is not recognised. Any similarities to your problem?

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