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HTML

<ul>
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

li {
    padding-top: 14px;
    padding-left: 30px;
    display: inline-block;
    background: url('http://proretoucher.com/image/btn-normal.png') no-repeat center;
    font-family:Arial;
    font-size:14px;
}

li a {text-decoration:none; color:#000;}