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HTML

<div class="block">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#">Link One</a></li><!--
        
     --><li><a href="#">Link Two is wider just for show</a></li>
        
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

*{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

.block{
    background: gray; 
    padding: 10px ;
}

ul{
    list-style: none;
}

li{
    display: inline-block;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    width: 50%;
    text-align: right;
    padding-right: 3px;
}
li:last-of-type {
    text-align: left;
    padding-left: 3px;
}

a{
    background: white;
    padding: 5px;
}