How do I stop iPhoto 11 from making duplicates when importing whole library from an older MAC?

I just bought a Mac Mini, and i tried to import the iphoto library from my PowerMac G5 (iPhoto 6).    It duplicates many of the photos so that there more than twice as many photos in the new machine.  I was looking at the photos and some of the duplicates are just resized photos.  I guess older versions of photos.
Is there a way to just import the latest versions of photos?
Thanks,
Tony

No it's not a good idea.
Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other application. iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things, deleting them or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
Don't use copy and paste, try drag and drop.
If that still fails then rebuild the Library to the new location:
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.  

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