Firefox sometimes hangs for about a minute. Fedora 12, firefox 6.0.2

I am using ff 6.0.2 with Fedora 12, and have a problem of the browser hanging sometimes. I have started firefox in safe mode, but it still happens.
It usually happens when I am trying to open a bookmark inside a folder inside the Bookmarks toolbar. When I click on such a folder on the toolbar, firefox starts to hang, which can be more than a minute! Animations from commercials etc. continue to work though.
As I have not yet selected the actual bookmark, It is not a problem of downloading the webpage itself. It happens maybe every 1-2 hours or so. Also, I did not experience such a long hanging time ever with a previous version of firefox.
I would appreciate any help in this matters.
Alex

Locked or Damaged places.sqlite
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
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