ITunes 7.0.2 Lost most of the music in my library - HELP

I've been using iTunes for a long time with no problems. Suddenly most of my music library is showing up as missing. I checked and all of the songs are still on my disk and a second copy backup as well. I tried using an older version of the library file and that didn't work. I was able to relink one of the songs by going out and finding it but that would be a huge effort to relink all my songs back to the library. I have over 16000 songs and more than half are missing! Please help me to figure out what is going on and fix the problem. Thanks. Ann

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I just purchased this movie on Thursday, May 15, so just a few days ago. I have never had any trouble whatsoever since I have been in Vietnam. I have downloaded several movies and even music and they have all synced to my respected Apple products except for this purchase.
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I lost most of the music on my iPod.

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MY OLD COMPUTER HAS THE CORRECT MUSIC INSTALLED IN ITUNES.
I HAVE NOW INSTALLED THE CORRECT MUSIC ON MY IPOD-NANO
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iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
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