Copying Tables from Safari to Numbers

I am attempting to copy simple tables from Safari (web sites) and paste them into iWork 08 Numbers. When I copy a table with multiple columns and rows, it pastes into Numbers as a single column. For example, if there are five (5) columns on the web site table, the values in the first row of this table are pasted into the first five (5) rows in numbers. The second row from the table follows in rows 6-10 on Numbers. And so on.
I moved to my PC and tried to copy the same web site table into MS Excel, and it pastes perfectly. So what is it with Numbers that I need to change to ensure the pasting matches the original table?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Scott

The problem is with Safari, not Numbers. Safari just doesn't "understand" tables in web pages & puts lots of spaces and/or returns instead of the needed tabs. I long since gave up & use Camino or FireFox for copying the tables to Numbers or any other program I want the data separated by tabs. There are some web sites, Discover Card is one, that appear to have tables but the data doesn't copy as such.

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