How do I eliminate duplicate events in iCal?

I accidentally imported Mobile Me calender data after I had already set up iCloud syncing. Now I have dupicates of everything in iCal.  ho do I eliminate them?

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You can try to deactivate and activate Calendars in System Preferences > iCloud to delete them. Duplicate events in calendar

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