Ajax requests doens´t work

Ajax requests doens´t work

Hi.
I am trying to create a ajax based menu using jquery.

After the user clicks in the link the content should load inside a div.

I have tried many ways but the clicked page keeps loading in a new window.


Here is my Jquery code (I have also tried with $.ajax and $.post)

$(document).ready(function(){
      
      $("a").click(function(){
         var link=$(this).attr('href');   
         $("#content").load(link);
         
         
         
      });
      
   });



Menu:
<div id="menu"
<li><a class="pages" href="news.php"><img src="imagens/news_icon.png"/></a></li></div>


In the php page i am just making an echo of some text.

PS: the link variable in Jquery is getting the correct value so the problem is in the ajax call.
Firebug doesn´t give any errors.

Anyone can help me?.