EXCLAMATION POINTS in iPhoto 6?

Hi there,
I'm a long time Mac user, but this problem is something I have never seen.
In iPhoto 6, all of my photo albums are present and all of the thumbnails are there. However, when I click on some thumbnails (the pic should now enlarge in the viewer) I get a large EXCLAMATION POINT. Mind you this doesn't happen with all photos, just some, but there seems to be no reason for it. It doesn't seem to matter if the photo is a JPEG, PICT, etc.
I did not have this problem previous to my iLife 06 upgrade.
Any ideas of what is wrong? Any fixes?

I am having the same problem. I looked in iPhoto Library, and all of my folders have been rearanged. Everything before 2005 is either in a folder marked originals or Modified. Some photos from 2005 are even in one of these two folders. But I have entire rolls missing. One of the pics that is missing (the thumbnail is present) and that comes up with an exclamation point, I looked up that picture in the iPhoto Library, and the whole roll is missing.
Fortunately I backed up my entire hard drive (with the pics) just prior to loading iPhoto 6.
What do I do?
Thanks

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