Washington, Oct 28 : Online shopping can turn out to be more fun when you can try on new clothes on your own computerised image, all thanks to a new program that creates an accurate computerized image of a person''s body even when the subject is clothed.

Developed by Brown computer scientists, the new technology could be put to use in fashion, film, forensics, sports medicine, and video gaming.

The program can accurately estimate the human body''s shape from digital images or video.

"If you see a person wearing clothing, can the computer figure out what they look like underneath?" asked Michael Black, professor of the computer science at Brown.

Frankfurt  - Shares in German software giant SAP AG fell more than 13 per cent Tuesday after it joined the growing list of European companies cutting their business forecasts in the wake of the world financial crisis.

Walldorf-based SAP said its third-quarter net profit fell 5 per cent to 408 million euros (510 million dollars) from 388 million euros in the same period last year.

This was despite a 14-per-cent increase in total revenue from 2.43 billion euros to 2.76 billion euros. However, SAP's key software license sales growth slowed to 7 per cent from 11 per cent a year earlier, the group said.

Jerusalem  - Israeli Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik was scheduled to convene the leaders of parliamentary factions Tuesday afternoon to debate the date for early elections.

The most likely date was February 10, but some lawmakers wanted to hold the poll sooner, while others were trying to buy time, Israeli media reported.

Israeli President Shimon Peres formally notified the speaker Monday that his nominee, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, was unable to form a government.

Under Israeli law, a majority of lawmakers now have 21 days to present another nominee, but if this does not happen, as is likely, new elections will be held on the last Tuesday within 90 days of the end of those three weeks, or on February 10.

Windhoek, Namibia  - Namibia's second legal auction of stockpiled ivory tusks to Chinese and Japanese bidders began behind closed doors in the capital Windhoek on Tuesday morning.

The event, held under the auspices of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), was closed to all media and observers due to what ministry officials termed the "sensitive nature" of the first of four ivory auctions to take place in southern Africa in the coming weeks.

Local papers had expressed dismay at not being allowed to cover the event, which has raised the hackles of animal rights activists, who claim any sale of ivory stimulates black market trade in the so- called white gold.

Hong Kong  - Asia markets rebounded as investors hunted for bargains on Tuesday, with Hong Kong making the greatest recovery of more than 14 per cent just a day after seeing their worst one-day fall for 11 years.

The blue-chip Hang Seng Index climbed 1,580.45 points, or 14.35 per cent, to close the day at 12,596.29 points, recovering all its losses from Monday in one of its biggest one-day rallies ever.

Turnover was 66 billion Hong Kong dollars (8.51 billion US dollars) and the scale of the recovery forced the stock market to issue a statement saying the "unusual" activity appeared legitimate.

Washington, Oct 28 : Planning for a romantic dinner with the man of your dreams? Well, don’t forget to wear something in red, for the colour will sure make him drool all over you, according to a new study.

In their study, Professor Andrew Elliot and Dr Daniela Niesta of the University of Rochester, New York, have said that men find women in red more sexually attractive, confirming it really is the colour of romance.

Elliot claimed that men rated a woman shown in photographs as more sexually attractive if she was wearing red clothing or if she was shown in an image framed by a red border rather than some other colour.

The researchers also speculated that the attraction towards red could be an evolutionary trait too.