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HTML

<ul>
  <li><a href="#home">Home</a></li><!--
  --><li><a href="#news">News</a></li><!--
  --><li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li><!--
  --><li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    text-align: center;
}

li {
    display: inline-block;
}

a:link, a:visited {
    display: block;
    width: 120px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    background-color: #98bf21;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 4px;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

a:hover, a:active {
    background-color: #7A991A;
}