The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 17, 2012 Ban Ki-moon to Syria's Assad: "Stop Killing Your Own People" ------------------------------------------------------------- Twelve people were killed on Monday in Syria despite the presence of Arab League monitors inside the country. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the bloodshed to end. Ban Ki-moon: "Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: Stop the violence. Stop killing your own people." .