DV PAL widescreen changing to stretched 'regular' size screen

Sorry if the topic title is somewhat confusing I'll explain more clearly here.
I have uncompressed AVI footage that is PAL DV widescreen.
Width 720 pixels
Height 576 pixels
I take my footage into After effects CS and the footage already looks 'regular size' or pan and scan size I.E Not letterboxed.
I try a blank render (No effects) and playback the footage, it looks pan and scan. I right click properties and it gives me the aspect ratio for widescreen, but it clearly isn't.
I've imported it back in to Vegas and it clearly is the wrong ratio.
Why is after effects doing this?
I select 'new composition' and make sure it is on the option for PAL DV widescreen 720*576
Any help would be greatly apreciated.

Checked both, but still no luck.
The first pic is what it looks like coming out of After effects, the second pic is how it looks in vegas and how it should look in media player etc.
I can't use the After effects render in a movie as it switches from the top pic to the bottom and back and forth every time I want to do an effect.
If done as you suggested and even in the info box at the top left where you hilight footage, composition etc, it says W 720 x H 576.
I've managed to change the ratio in the preview/comp window and it looks how it should, but the final render is the problem now.
I've checked the rendering options and it says the same there. Still no joy.
*****EDIT**********
O.K it looks like it might be vegas having the issues. It's screwing my aspect ratio about and fudging around the pixel size and then not doing a correct render out.
If I have any more problems I'll post back.
Cheers

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