Protection from importing duplicate photos in iPhoto 5.0.2

Hi everyone,
It seems that the protection from importing duplicate photos that was present on the 4.x.x version of iPhoto (that came with Panther) has been removed from version 5.0.2. Is it just me or have other noticed this change? I looked around and could not find any settings for this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Steve

Hi Steve, that pref is kept in the iPhoto Preference file. Trash it and you should get the dialog back...I hope.
Preference file

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