Iphoto 8 moving photos into trash bin!! Help!!

When I try to import photos from my digital camera to iphoto the pics get put into the trash bin and it will not let me put them back. Its not the iphoto trash bin, its the desktop trash bin. I can see them in there and when I right click on them and try to open them with iphoto it gives me an error saying "The following files could not be imported. (The file is in the iphoto library)" Then it gives me a list of all the pics it wouldn't move. There is no option to restor photos to library. Most of these pictures have been in my iphoto before and the new ones went in there for a minute but right after I imported them they just moved over to the trash bin!! HELP!!!!!!
Thanks

Sounds like a damage library. Try the following: make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #3
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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