Replace:
<ul class="social_bookmarks">
<li class='flag_1'><a class='ie6fix' href="link-to-first-website.html" >Language 1</a></li>
<li class='flag_2'><a class='ie6fix' href="link-to-second-website.html">Language 2</a></li>
</ul>
with this code - you can set "margin" to any values you like - syntax is margin: top right bottom left; I set top and right to -10px.
<ul class="social_bookmarks" style="margin:-10px -10px 0 0;">
<li class='flag_1'><a class='ie6fix' href="link-to-first-website.html" >Language 1</a></li>
<li class='flag_2'><a class='ie6fix' href="link-to-second-website.html">Language 2</a></li>
</ul>
The Dude