I have duplicates and thumbs in my iPhoto

Hi,
I have at least 2000 files (duplicates) not larger than 30KB (I guess they are the thumbs?) . I deleted a lot of them manually but I think they appear again!
Also, is there a way to find duplicates (full size ones) and trash one of them like in iTunes?
I have a backup of the photos in an external. What do you guys recommend I do to get rid of this mess?
Thanks!

Hi tribe,
First I would like to know how you got all the thumbs in your iPhoto Library. did you import another iPhoto Library into the one you have? Did you create a new library and import another iPhoto Library with version 6? iPhoto 6 is not smart enough to only import the full size images like iPhoto 5 was when you used the command file>add to library, and then point to another library to import.
When you say you have a backup of the photos on the external, is it an iPhoto Library folder, or just the full size images?

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