Why will Numbers not open this Office 2007 file?

Hi everyone
This xlsx file:
http://senduit.com/90ba96
opens fine in Excel 2003 with compatibility pack, but won't open in Numbers. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with it?
Thanks
dtw

Hi James
Thanks for the reply. Numbers'08 is supposed to be able to read xlsx (Office Open XML) and xls formats (BIFF) and it does work for other xlsx files, just not the simple one attached.
I plan to generate xlsx files and thought I might as well keep an eye on compatibility with Numbers, though it is not required. The above xlsx example fails in Numbers (but works okay in Excel) and I'm curious to know why.
Cheers
dtw

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