Problem to open iPhoto

When I´m trying to open iPhoto it says "The program turned off unexpectedly" What to do? I`ve tried to open it several times, but the same problem happens again.

We have no way of knowing, but if I were you I'd back up now at least.
Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store

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    Hello,
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    I want this message to disappear
    I tried to rebuild the authorizations, indexes and so on, but the problem persists.
    I would like to create a new iPhoto library in which I would have everything back (slide shows, photos, albums.)
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    I click Cancel or repair and  the library displays.
    I want this message to disappear
    I tried to rebuild the authorizations, indexes and so on, but the problem persists.
    I would like to create a new iPhoto library in which I would have everything back (slide shows, photos, albums.)
    I contacted Apple but without Apple Care, no support.
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    Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
    Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
    Version:         9.2.1 (9.2.1)
    Build Info:      iPhotoProject-628000000000000~1
    App Item ID:     408981381
    App External ID: 4641130
    Code Type:       X86 (Native)
    Parent Process:  launchd [160]
    Date/Time:       2011-11-02 22:33:22.628 -0500
    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
    Report Version:  9
    Interval Since Last Report:          526713 sec
    Crashes Since Last Report:           9
    Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  4439 sec
    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   8
    Anonymous UUID:                      8147E0FC-2622-4A56-920E-44498E48B55B
    Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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    --> __PAGEZERO             0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [    4K] ---/--- SM=NUL  /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
        __TEXT                 0000000000001000-0000000000d1b000 [ 13.1M] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
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    objc[430]: garbage collection is OFF
    Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    0   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00824501 0x1000 + 8533249
    1   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x001678d6 0x1000 + 1468630
    2   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91bdff49 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 49
    3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95508ff3 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_1 + 275
    4   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954d3d78 _CFXNotificationPost + 2776
    5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91bcb136 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
    6   com.apple.Foundation                    0x91be03ca -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 55
    7   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0016716a 0x1000 + 1466730
    8   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00167111 0x1000 + 1466641
    9   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0015c6f4 0x1000 + 1423092
    10  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95520e1d __invoking___ + 29
    11  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x95520d59 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 137
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    17  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954bf0d8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1112
    18  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954be8ec CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
    19  com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x954be798 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
    20  com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bcca7f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318
    21  com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x93bd3d9b ReceiveNextEventCommon + 381
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    23  com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b27040 _DPSNextEvent + 678
    24  com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b268ab -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
    25  com.apple.AppKit                        0x97b22c22 -[NSApplication run] + 911
    26  com.apple.AppKit                        0x97db718a NSApplicationMain + 1054
    27  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0001159a 0x1000 + 66970
    28  com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010a29 0x1000 + 64041
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    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x91bbc90a kevent + 10
    1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x9a5bbc58 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 969
    2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x9a5ba6a7 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53

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