Problem with IE when using display:block for links

Question

This is my HTML:

  Link 1
  Link 2
  Link 3
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Answer 1

Setting the background color to #FFF and an opacity of 0 worked for me in IE9, Chrome and Firefox. Don't know about other versions though. Setting it to transparent didn't help me.

This has the advantage of being pure CSS and cross-browser, so maybe it could be a better alternative.