Importing pictures from a CD into iphoto

I have a CD full of pictures (I don't have the camera the pictures came from) that I want to import to iphoto. Can this be done, and if so, how?
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

HI lacroo,
You sure can...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165634
You might also want to go through the iPhoto support site to get acquainted with iPhoto.
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto/import/

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