11.   Potential Pan Am hosts also will receive the packet, he said.

12.   All the potential hosts have until the end of February to confirm definitively whether they intend to go ahead with a formal bid.

13.   All the potential hosts have until the end of February to confirm finally whether they intend to go ahead with a formal bid, said UEFA.

14.   Croatia has not yet formally asked the U.N. security council to join the list of potential host countries.

15.   However, Blatter has said strict FIFA guidelines on safety, transport, accommodation and telecommunications would have to be met by any potential host.

16.   International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said as many as five African nations could be potential hosts for a future Olympics, Corriere dello Sport reported Thursday.

17.   Last month the IOC decided that for the first time potential host cities will be required to pay a fee to cover the costs of the selection procedure.

18.   Osaka, Japan, and Istanbul, Turkey, were ruled out as potential hosts.

19.   The executive meeting is also expected to recommend sweeping changes in bidding procedures, including a ban on visits by IOC members to potential Olympic host cities.

20.   The other potential host cities were not identified.