IPhoto freezes upon photo deletion

I just updated iPhoto 09 when prompted this morning. The program now freezes when I attempt to move or delete photos. I have had to force quit several times. Some photos I can delete and others I cannot; it is then the program freezes. Any suggestions?
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You may have to start over with a new library. Give this a try:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
1 - Launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and, when asked, select the option to create a new library. Name it something other than iPhoto Library.
2 - Open your original iPhoto Library package like this.
3 - Drag the Originals folder from your original iPhoto Library into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same events as your old library. The old library will be untouched so you can try additional fixes if desired.
Now see if the new library can delete the photos successfully.

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Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
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