HELP! My keychain got fudged up and can't work out how to fix it!

Hi,
My iMac had its power cut due to a power black out part way through updating the keychain information and it seems to have corrupted the whole keychain/Keychain Access system.
Now I can no longer update ANY application which uses passwords and needs to use the keychain.
Here is what happens if I try to update Adium for example -
I get the message "Adium has been updated. Do you want to allow the new version to access the same keychain items (such as passwords) as the previous version?"
The only option I am given is "Don't Change" or "Change all".
If I click "Don't Change" the same message keeps popping back up every time I click "Don't change" in an infinite loop.
If I click "Change All", the memory & CPU usage goes up 100% and the computer is brought to it knees, locks up and never recovers.
So I am stuck and can't update or install anything that uses the keychain.
Also, if I go into the Keychain Access app and try to view passwords stored, the same thing happens - 100% CPU usage and the computer locks up until I do a cold reboot.
How can I fix or re-install keychain?

Choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, enter ~/Library/Keychains/ as the path, and move everything in that folder to the desktop. If you have a backup of those files, restore them from it. If not, you will need to set up the keychain again.
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