Space between <span> and <p>

I have the following code:

<span>04.02.2008</span>
<p>Four persons were charred to death and 20 others sustained burn injuries on January 21st when a tourist bus from Madhya Pradesh caught fire near Kalpana Square, 
Bhubaneshwar around 8.30 am.</p>
<span>04.20.2008</span>
<p>Prof. Jean-Francois Mattei, President of the French Red Cross (FRC) Society 
with his entourage visited the National Headquarters, IRCS.</p>

Code (markup):

There is a space between <span> and <p>. How can I get rid of that?

(I did this more than once in the past, but I don't remember how ...)

 

<p style="padding-top:0"> in place of <p> should do it.