SAN'A, Yemen — A car bomb targeting the U.S. Embassy hit the front gate of the compound in Yemen's capital today, a U.S. spokesman said. A senior Yemeni security official said six Yemeni guards and four civilians were killed.

The Yemeni guards were assigned to sentry duty outside the embassy by the Interior Ministry. The civilians were three Yemenis and one Indian national, the Yemeni security official said.

Ryan Gliha, the embassy spokesman, told The Associated Press by telephone that there was a second explosion that followed the initial one, but did not know what caused it. Another Yemeni security official said the embassy was hit by two car bombs and that heavy gunfire lasting around 10 minutes followed the blasts.

FRANKFURT, Germany — European stocks rose today after two days of declines, boosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve's bailout of stricken insurer AIG, while more central banks pumped liquidity into the financial system.On Germany's blue chip DAX 30 there were more losers than gainers, but the average was up a slight 0.6 percent at midday.In Paris, the CAC 40 was up just 0.22 percent with leaders insurer AXA up nearly 6 percent, bank Societe Generale up more than 3 percent, and industrial giant Alstom up 3 percent.The London FTSE 100 rose 1 percent, with Lloyds TSB bank up more than 17 percent on reports that it was in talks to buy HBOS mortgage bank.