--- The United States Senate rejects the extension of the PATRIOT Act . Critics had said it infringed on civil liberties and made the government too powerful. (AP) .
At least 39 people, 33 of whom were patients, die after a fire breaks out in a hospital in the city of Liaoyuan , near Changchun in China 's Jilin Province . The cause of the fire is unknown. (BBC)
's two main patents for Lipitor , which had been challenged by Ranbaxy Laboratories. The decision is the latest defeat for Ranbaxy, an Indian generic drugmaker, which has also lost in a UK court. (MSNBC)
