Problem re-importing deleted photos back into iPhoto

I have deleted some photos in iPhoto but now want to import them from the SD card again. It won't let me do it, says they are already imported.

I found another thread that suggests checking the "include videos" in the Photo sync part of iTunes. I'll try that tonight.
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