IPhoto Directory Duplicates?

Hello,
The tree in my iPhoto seems strange to me, and I am wondering if I can delete duplicate folders to free up some space on my drive.
I have:
iPhoto Library> Folders 2002 to 2006, then below that I have a folder called
Data> Folders 2003 to 2008

Dear eww,
In my opinion der is still a question regarding this topic remaining. I will give you an example:
When I search for a specific photo, let's say DSCN0818.jpg, I find the name 3 times, listed in the following folders:
/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Data/2005/Aug 7, 2005/DSCN0818.jpg
(size: 52 KB, Last Openend: March 31, 2008, 11:45 PM)
/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2005/Aug 7, 2005/DSCN0818.jpg
(size: 944 KB, Last Opened: March 31, 2008, 11:45 PM)
/Pictures/iPhoto Library/2005/09/10/DSCN0818.jpg (size: 996 KB, Last Opened: Sep 10, 2005, 9:43 AM)
I understand, that the image with 52 KB is the Thumbnail, but the images with 944 KB and 996 KB are clearly duplicates. Unfortunately I seem to have a lot of those.
Any ideas, what I could do without losing the "originals" and connected thumbnails. By the way I imported this library from an older Powerbook to a new MacBook Pro, now running 10.5.3 with iPhoto 7.1.3.
With many thanks in advance. Sincerely, Duetto

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