Photos disappeared after sync

Situation:
I have synced my photos from my iphone to my macbook pro laptop. There are around 1500 photos. After syncing, iphoto asked me whether I want to delete the original from my iphone, that I select yes. After I clicked yes, iphoto went to not responding. So I quit iphoto.
However once I have reopened iphoto, the new photos that i have synced into iphoto disappeared. They were just not there. So I reconnect my iphone. And deselect 'hide photos which are already synced'. Than I have found just less than 400 pictures left.
Question:
How can I retrieve those 1100 photos? or where did those photos go?
Information:
iphone-4s and updated
iphoto 09
Laptop: Mac OS X version 10.6.8|2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo|4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Please help me, iphoto has never done this before, and I am trying my best not to panic.

If you don't have a backup to fall back on which is the best solution try the following (assuming your using iPhoto 9 [11]): apply the two fixes below in order as needed: 
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - 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.
4 - In the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - 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.  However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If you're running iPhoto 8 (09) the process is the same, only the windows that come up are different.
OT

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