MacBook won't startup

hi all,
embarrassing problem, where my macbookw ont get very far in the startup process. When I use verbose logging on startup, I get
*CSRHIDTransition Driver*
then it goes to:
*synching disks*
then SHUTDOWN!
I have tried using Single User startup to run fsck-fy, and this is the output
** /dev/rdisk0s2
** Root file system
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file spss.jnl
(It should be 1 instead of 0)
Invalid sibling link
(4,25161)
** Volume Check failed
/dev/rdisk0s2 (hfs)EXITED WITH SIGNAL 0
Now all I can think of is recently I updated SPSS v 16 with some supposed authorised patch, and this may have done it - as I only ran it once before this happened.
How can I find or rectify this problem ? I am overseas at the moment, and don't have my bootcd, so any suggestions would be helpful.
I have tried the following
zapping pram
running fsck-fy as single user
starting safe mode (shift)
starting using X
any ideas on how to remove or fix that spss.jnl file ? I am happy to unistall SPSS 16 if it means I can use my mac again!!!
mat.

I believe DiskWarrior would repair the drive. You can purchase a copy and download it from Alsoft's Web site.
http://www.alsoft.com/
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