IPhoto creating duplicates on import

I am using iPhoto 6.0.6.
When I am adding photos to library from disk, iPhoto appears to create duplicates of some of the photos (random set, apparently) and displays the thumbnails of the original and the duplicate in the main window. One appears to be stored in the Originals folder, the other in the Modified folder, but why are both thumbnails showing up?
I have wiped the whole library and started again with a small set of photos that I am 100% sure contains no duplicates and yet, they reappear.
I have duplicate annihilator but it's algorithms don't recognize the dupes for some reason.

This could happen if your camera creates 2 versions of a single shot. Does it have a setting where you get simultaneous RAW and jpeg? In that case, you would see one thumbnail for the jpeg in Originals, exactly as imported from the camera. The RAW would go into originals, as well, and a jpeg version would be created and stored in Modified. This would give the results you've seen: one matching thumbnail in each folder. Right-click (control-click) on some of these duplicates. If any have the option "Show Original File" then choose it to locate the unmodified version - you can check if you are importing RAW files from your camera. Solution - turn off this feature in your camera. iPhoto can't control it.

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