IPhoto library sudden problems with gray thumbs/pictures

Very suddenly, the pictures in the iPhoto library started behaving oddly. They would show up normally until the slider was moved to larger and then become gray. Double-clicking would not open them, either in edit or in another image program. After reading some of the discussions, (and backing up the folder to another computer), I tried rebuilding the library. Now all I get is gray, no pictures at all.

Hi Vijay and Wallez,
Did either of you rename, move or do anything like that in the iPhoto Library Folder in the Finder?
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
Also if you follow the suggestion on page 1 and still have the same problems, you might have to follow the instructions on page 2 to get your images back.
iPhoto Help
iPhoto Help 2

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Process: iPhoto [612]
Path: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier: com.apple.iPhoto
Version: 8.1.2 (8.1.2)
Build Info: iPhotoProject-4240000~8
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [138]
Date/Time: 2010-11-13 13:21:58.130 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.5 (10H574)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 207091 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 147198 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: E39B4557-7120-4879-9923-FAF406C722DA
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