ICal creates hundreds of events

Hi. I just created a three day repeating all day event in April. To my horror iCal created not just the event I wanted but hundreds of other, separate events, though all in the same conferences calendar, lasting up to May 2010. Any ideas? I sync this account using .Mac with my desktop, which syncs with my iPhone, but havent; done a sync yet, for fear of making things worse.

I've fixed it by editing the original event. Still don't understand how it happened.

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Perfect, thank you!

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