Automatic Immunity for Berlusconi Revoked.

ROME -- Italy's highest court revoked automatic immunity for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday, a move that could restart three criminal cases against him and further jeopardize his tenuous hold on power. After meeting for five hours, the 15-member Constitutional Court ruled that the prime minister and his cabinet could still be granted temporary immunity in any cases against them, but only if presiding judges agreed to delay hearings while the politicians were in office. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]