IPhoto 6 - Import issue, hangs at end

Folks, any help with this would be much appreciated.
I installed iLife 06 and all went well, other than the "recovered photos" issue which others have mentioned - no biggie as there were only 3.
But I have a problem now when importing from disc (HD or CD) - in that the import goes ahead, but freezes at the end. iPhoto doesn't freeze - you can look at folders / the library etc.. while the import process is hanging - and interestingly the library does include the photos within the import which has hung.
The import will hang for ages (hours, not seconds), and I can't stop it using the stop import button, nor can I quit iPhoto (hoping it will tidy up).
After 30mins+ of waiting, a couple of times, I've force-quit iPhoto. When opening again, the pics aren't in the library - but looking with the finder they do all exist in the originals folder, and the data folder.
A total rebuild of the library fails to include the pics.
Anyone else had this? I'm a pretty vanilla user - I haven't mucked about in my old iPhoto 5 library at all etc...
One related question - the following files are in my iPhoto Library - judging by their dates (I installed iLife on Jan 24) and names, are some old iPhoto 5 files?
Feb 5 22:17 AlbumData.xml
Jan 24 20:37 Albums
Feb 5 19:04 Data
Feb 5 22:20 Dir.data
Jan 24 20:37 Library.data
Jan 24 20:37 Library.iPhoto
Feb 5 22:17 Library6.iPhoto
Feb 5 22:20 Library6.temp
Feb 5 19:05 Modified
Jan 26 21:40 Originals
Feb 5 22:20 Thumb32Segment.data
Feb 5 22:20 Thumb64Segment.data
Feb 5 22:20 ThumbJPGSegment.data
Feb 5 22:17 iPhoto.ipspot
Jan 24 21:15 iPhotoLock.data
Any suggestions appreciated

Jonathan:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. The albums folder is a carryover from the V4 days and is no longer useful. You can trash it. Albums are now identified and linked within the AlbumData.xml file with no aliases being used any more.
The Library6.temp is not normally in a library folder. It's probably left over from one of your forced quits and can be deleted.
How much free space do you have on your HD? Have you tried rebuilding the library? Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. I'd select the first three options.

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