Reinstalling Safari on OS 10.5.8

Hi Everyone,
A while back I deleted my Safari program as I opted to use Firefox instead.  Now I have discovered that it may be a better browser to access certain webinars I need to participate in.  I have tried to download a version appropriate for my OS (10.5.8) but everytime I do this I get an error message telling me that there is already a more updated version on my system even though I am pretty sure no version of Safari is on my computer.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do so that I can reinstall Safari?  Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Joe

Hi Niel,
I followed your advice and installed the OS 10.5.8 combo updater and Safari did not appear.  Next I downloaded Safari again and reinstalled it.  It kept crashing so then I downloaded the 10.5.8 update and now it is running but no browser window appears.  When I select File>New Window or File>New Tab it crashes and asks to relaunch.  I have also asked Safari to reset itself but that didn't help either.
Any further advice?
Thanks.
JOe

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