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. February 17, 2012 UN Assembly Condemns Syria Crackdown ------------------------------------- The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a measure condemning the Syrian government crackdown on opposition protesters and endorsing an Arab League call for a political transition. The vote on the non-binding measure was 137-to-12, with 17 abstentions. Its approval came nine days after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council measure with similar language.