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@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ div.news { font-size: small; }
 
 table { border-collapse: collapse; }
 
+table.news td {
+    background: inherit;
+    border: 0;
+    vertical-align: baseline;
+    padding: 0.25ex 0.5ex;
+}
 
 th,td { border: 1px solid #333; }
 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
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@@ -64,40 +64,39 @@ March 2012
 
 <div class=news2>
 
-<dl>
-<dt>2012-06-29: GF sources now mirrored in GitHub, with change
+<table class=news>
+<tr><td>2012-06-29:<td>GF sources now mirrored in GitHub, with change
   statistics and other browsing features.
   See <a href="https://github.com/GrammaticalFramework/GF/"><tt>github.com/GrammaticalFramework/GF</tt></a>
-<dt>2012-05-07: New resource grammar language: Japanese.
+<tr><td>2012-05-07:<td>New resource grammar language: Japanese.
     See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
-<dt>2012-03-23: There will be a
+<tr><td>2012-03-23:<td>There will be a
   <a href="gf-tutorial-icfp-2012/">GF tutorial at ICFP 2012</a>
   in Copenhagen.
-<dt>2012-03-03: <strong>GF 3.3.3 released!</strong>
+<tr><td>2012-03-03:<td><strong>GF 3.3.3 released!</strong>
     <a href="download/release-3.3.3.html">Release notes</a>.
-<dt>2012-02-24: New resource grammar languages: Hindi, Sindhi.
+<tr><td>2012-02-24:<td>New resource grammar languages: Hindi, Sindhi.
     See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
-<dt>2011-12-29: New resource grammar languages: Latvian, Thai.
+<tr><td>2011-12-29:<td>New resource grammar languages: Latvian, Thai.
     See <a href="lib/doc/synopsis.html">library synopsis</a>.
-<dt>2011-10-27: <strong>GF 3.3 released!</strong>
+<tr><td>2011-10-27:<td><strong>GF 3.3 released!</strong>
     <a href="download/release-3.3.html">Release notes</a>.
-<dt>2011-09-20: There is now a page collecting
+<tr><td>2011-09-20:<td>There is now a page collecting
   <a href="doc/gf-editor-modes.html">editor modes for GF</a>.
   Contributions are welcome!
-<dt>2011-09-12: <strong>GF 3.2.9</strong> source snapshot with faster grammar compilation available. See <a href="download/index.html">Downloads</a>.
-<dt>2011-04-22: <a href="android/tutorial/">JPGF Android Tutorial</a> added.
-<dt>2011-04-15: The <a href="gf-book">GF Book</a> is available.
-<dt>2011-01-13: <a href="http://www.molto-project.eu/node/1177">Phrasedroid
+<tr><td>2011-09-12:<td><strong>GF 3.2.9</strong> source snapshot with faster grammar compilation available. See <a href="download/index.html">Downloads</a>.
+<tr><td>2011-04-22:<td><a href="android/tutorial/">JPGF Android Tutorial</a> added.
+<tr><td>2011-04-15:<td>The <a href="gf-book">GF Book</a> is available.
+<tr><td>2011-01-13:<td><a href="http://www.molto-project.eu/node/1177">Phrasedroid
     available on the Android Market</a>.
-<dt>2011-01-04: GF is part of the
+<tr><td>2011-01-04:<td>GF is part of the
     <a href="http://www.clt.gu.se/clt-toolkit">CLT Toolkit</a>.
-<dt>2010-12-23: <strong>GF 3.2 released!</strong>
+<tr><td>2010-12-23:<td><strong>GF 3.2 released!</strong>
     <a href="download/release-3.2.html">Release notes</a>.
-<dt>2010-12-22:
+<tr><td>2010-12-22:<td>
   <A HREF="http://school.grammaticalframework.org">GF Summer School</A>
   in Barcelona, 15-26 August 2011.
-</dl>
-  
+</table>
 
 </div>