IPhoto 6 - photos there, but not there!

Hi some help would be appreciated:
After some major issues, I had to wipe my HD, reinstall OSX 10.6 and then restore my system from Time Machine.
Things seemed to be ok at first. But now when I open iPhoto 6, although the file names of all my photos, albums and camera rolls are there, the photos themselves are not displayed. Instead, there is a blank square where each photo should be.
The strange thing is when I drag one of these photos onto my deskstop, I can open it and see it normally in other applications.
I've tried the rebuild cache option by pressing control + alt when I open iPhoto, but this did not seem to work.
Any suggestions?
Also, I am thinking about upgrading to iPhoto '11, but this seems to have had some terrible reviews. Have these problems been fixed? Is a new iPhoto '12 planned anytime soon?
many thanks!

Control(right)-click on one of the thumbnails and select Show File from the contextual menu.
If you've edited the photo then select Show Original File.
You should be taken to the folder housing the orignal and that original selected. Do you see the original? If you do see the original file then
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
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