IPhoto does not delete any photo's

Dear all,
I am setting up everything on my girlfriends new MacBook Air and everything is working so far. But now I have set up iPhoto for her and imported her photo's but she is not able to delete any photo's. I also tried to do it by accessing her library but that did not work either. When I delete the master and/or thumbnail file from her library it still appears in the iPhoto program itself. But then she can't open it anymore and still is not able to delete it. The delete option does appear when you do right click but it does not do anything when you click on it.
I have tried to restore here library but that did not work and I also tried to delete the whole iPhoto library and create a new one. After that the same problem still occurred.
She is running OS X Mountain Lion and her MacBook Air is bought last month (so it is the newest model). She has all the updates installed so that should not be the problem either.
Hope someone can help me here.
Jacco Verburg
PS: sorry for my bad English; it is not my native language.

Can you clarify:
I also tried to do it by accessing her library but that did not work either
What do you mean by her "Library"? Do you mean what you see in the iPhoto Window ? Or do you mean the iPhoto Library in the Finder?
When I delete the master and/or thumbnail file from her library it still appears in the iPhoto program itself.
Again, is this is the iPhoto Library Package in the Pictures Folder? If so:
Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other application. iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things, deleting them or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
You've just trashed her Library if you have.
To delete from iPhoto:
1. You need to be in Events of Photos View... Drag an Image to the iPhoto Trash. Empty it. Then Empty the System Trash.
Regards
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