How to empty trash in iphoto

Can anyone tell me how to empty my iphoto trash? I realized recently that my iphoto deleted photos didn't go to the regular desktop trashcan but to the iPhoto trashcan.  I now have 34K items in that trash can.  Everytime I try to go through the empty iphoto trash, the program quits and reboots.  I've tried dragging 10 or so photos to the desktop trash can but that doesn't seem to work either.
Any ideas?  No wonder my computer is so slow....
MolzinNe

Let me repost the method to try:
Do you use ratings with your photos?  If not then select all of the photos in the trash and Control-click to bringup the contextual menu.  There will be the 5 stars for the ratings.  Select either 5 or 1 to apply that rating to the photos.
Next create a smart album with the criteria:
selecting the number of stars you applied to those in the Trash bin.
Select all of the photos in the Trash bin and drag onto the Events icon above it and the Smart Album will immediately be populated with those photos. 
Photos can now be selected in batches of about 100 photos at a time and moved to the iPhoto Trash bin with the Command+Option+_Delete key combination. Then empty the Trash bin as usual.  Repeat with groups of about 100 or so photos till they are all deleted.

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