Such a plan would commit him to quick national elections rather than ruling Africa's third-largest country unchallenged.

Some Western diplomats fear that it is only a matter of time before electricity will cease to flow through Zaire, Africa's third-largest country.

After a night of wild gunfire, a victorious rebel army took complete possession of Zaire's capital, Kinshasa, transforming themselves into the new authorities of Africa's third-largest country.

Ending nearly 32 years of rule in Africa's third-largest country, President Mobutu Sese Seko yielded power on Friday.

In Congo, the third-largest country in area in Africa, it is a scramble for political power as much as for its bounteous diamonds, gold, timber and coffee.

After the peaces of Brömsebro and Westphalia, Sweden was the third-largest country in Europe by land area, only surpassed by Russia and Spain.

The Soviet Union is the world's third-largest wine-producing country, with over 3 million acres of vines under cultivation.

The People's Republic of China is the third-largest country in the world by land area after Russia and Canada.

The country currently has about 450 active leagues, making it the third-largest country in Little League participation.

Mobutu Sese Seko slipped quietly out of Kinshasa Friday in a prelude to exile after nearly 32 years as President of Africa's third-largest country.