Images doubled after repairing the library

Hi there,
I had some trouble with my library.
I went through repair permissions - no probem.
Then i selected "repair library at startup" - this led to a doubling of my image count!
However, the "double" images seem to be empty, i only see white dot-lines and the same keywords as the preceding image has. All those images are found in a project "restored projects".
I have reproduced this error a few times now, i have to idea whats going on.
I have also opened the aperture library package, deleted the .xml file, and it also had no effects.
Anybody has an idea?
of course, its newest aperture 3.03 , mac os x 10.6.4 and so on.
I have some 20.000 images in my library

alexander -- I'm sorry to hear about your problems; your frustration that Aperture is not working well for you is understandable.  Complaining about that -- or anything -- on this discussion board won't help.  We are an unaffiliated group of Aperture enthusiast who volunteer our time and expertise to help people like you make the most of Aperture.  We have no connection to Apple, Inc.  Speaking for myself, I find your attitude off-putting.
Have you tried exporting all the containers in your Library via "Export→Project as New Library"?  You should do this, of course, after (once again) weeding out the problem images.
Trouble-shooting is a painstaking process of elimination.  Eventually you'll either resolve the issue or determine that it is unresolvable.  You are not there yet.
{Added}  What are the five settings you are using for Previews (as shown on "Aperture→Preferences→Previews")?  It may be worth addressing the very long processing on closing Aperture issue separately.  When was the last time you force-quit Aperture?
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