I cannot empty the trash after upgrading to Lion

Hi,
Since I upgraded to Lion everything has been running smoothexcept the Trash. For some reason it doesn’tlet me empty it, when I try it, it just sits there showing the progress bar, Ileft it there for an hour thinking that it probably needed time but nothing it’snot working.
Any idea how can I solve this issue?
Is there a third party application that I can use?
Thanks a lot!

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