Assigning place to photo causes iphoto '11 to bomb

I have just upgraded to iphoto '11. No problems installing. Upgrade library. No problems. Then downloaded and installed update. Strange why the guy in the apple store didn't even mention that an update had been released. No problem... untill I tried to assign a place to my photos. The assign places search function insists that i have pressed each key twice, e.g. Brighton becomes 'BB' backspace 'Brr'. The rolling beachball churns until I have to force quit. Have reset keystroke repeat to minimum. No effect.
There seem to be a number of bugs creeping into previous faultless apple software releases, i think they need to improve their quality control.

What updater did you run on iPhoto? The double letter bug was fixed with the iPhoto 9.1.1 update I believe. Go to the Apple Downloads page and download The iPhoto 9.1 and 9.11 updaters. Apply both of them in order. Then try the Location entry again.
If you still freeze up launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new library. Import a couple of photos into the new library and try assigning a place again. It it works as intended then your current library is damaged.
If that's the case try the following: make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library.
Select options #1, #2 and #6.
Fix #3
Rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
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 but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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