Duplicates in iCal

I have Outlook 2011 that I use as my primary calendar and contacts manager. Because I am on a Mac, syncing HAS to be with iCal. In turn, iCal syncs with the iPhone calendar app.
Within my original (Outlook) calendar, I have several reccuring events.
You guessed it : after a while, these recurring events duplicate & multiply and take up a lot of space in all calendars. Is there a way to :
- remove these duplicates;
- fix it so that these are kept to a minimum in the futur.
Also, if there is a way to sync Outlook directly with the iPhone, please inform me.
Pideja

Maybe this will work.
http://www.nhoj.co.uk/icaldupedeleter

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