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HTML

<div id='links'>
    This is simple text<br />
    <a href='#'>Link1<a/><br />
    <a href='#'>Link2<a/><br />
    <a href='#'>Link3<a/><br />
</div>

CSS

.highlight {
 background-color : red;   
}

JavaScript

$('#links').live('mouseover', function(){
    $('#links > a').addClass('highlight');
});

$('#links').live('mouseout', function(){
    $('#links > a').removeClass('highlight');
});