Deleting all images in iPhoto in Desktop

I have deleted all photos in iPhoto thinking the images would be deleted from the "Desktop" section in Systems Perferences. Did not happen. The imags are still there! How do I delete the images/photos under the iPhoto menu in desktop? To be very speciic...the images remain in Events, Photos, Last Import, Last 12 Months, even though those images/photos have been deleted in the iPhoto application.
Any advice, most appreciated.

The actual images are stored in your photo library, events, last import, etc. merely contain pointers to the actual images, they are not duplicates. Just took a minute to refresh, that's all.

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