IPhoto thumbnails & images don't match

Yesterday when I opened iPhotos a message came up warning that I needed to rebuild my thumbnails. I wasn't worried about this (I have gotten the message before) & clicked OK. Today while adding some photos to iPhoto I noticed thumbnail images don't match the actual images on file. What can I do to restore things so that all matches.
I am running iPhoto 6.0.6

Theatretech
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I am running iPhoto 6.0.6
Note that you posted this question in the iPhoto '08 (version 7.x.x) forum - it is better if you post in the correct forum - iPhoto 6 - http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1116 - as the answers to some questions will be different between the two versions and it is very easy for a user to miss the version listed in your text since they assume that all posts in the iPhoto '08 forum are concerned with iPhoto '08
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