Photo import/attachment problem

When my wife tries to attach her latest imported pictures in iPhoto, they show up as gray blocks with question marks instead of the usual thumbnail. It is only with pictures imported in the last week or 2, everything before shows up/attaches fine.
How do we fix this?
She has imported the pictures in a variety of different ways and the results are always the same. It seems as if the pictures aren't registered as pictures (even though they are in the photo properties/info) or something like that. We use iPhoto 08 and Snow Leopard.
Any help would be amazing, thanks

That was a test of the database integrity.
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Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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