Mac doesn't seem to want to be turned off

Processor 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Mac OS X 10.5.5
I've had my Mac Pro for 1,5 years now and I never really had any issues with it. But the last few days it's behaving strangly.
- When I try to turn off the computer, it doesn't respond.
- When I try to turn it off with the power button it goes to sleep in stead of turning off.
- When, this morning, I finally could turn it off with the power button, when I turned it on again, I got the message in the little black/transparant window: Please turn off your computer using the power button (or something similar).
- Also, (and this is happening for a few weeks now) when I try to turn it off, it looks like it's switched off, but it's just the screen getting black, and nothing responds anymore.
Anyone know what could be the cause?

I have had my computer for 1,5 years now, I know it will only shut down when I hold the button for a long time
And yes, the problem was that it didn't shut down from the apple menu shut down option. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear about that.
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