--- D:/wamp/sites/russia.com/sites/all/modules/feedapi_mapper/mappers/feedapi_mapper_taxonomy.inc.old	Mon Apr 20 16:31:04 2009
+++ D:/wamp/sites/russia.com/sites/all/modules/feedapi_mapper/mappers/feedapi_mapper_taxonomy.inc	Sun May 24 00:29:51 2009
@@ -62,12 +62,18 @@
         }
       }
       else {
+        $curr_term = taxonomy_get_synonym_root($term);
+        if ( is_object($curr_term) && $curr_term->vid == $vid ) {
+          $tids[$curr_term->tid] = $curr_term;
+        }
+        else {
         if ($static == FALSE) {
           $new_term['name'] = $term;
           $new_term['vid'] = $vid;
           taxonomy_save_term($new_term);
           $tids[$new_term['tid']] = taxonomy_get_term($new_term['tid']);
           unset($new_term);
+          }
         }
       }
     }