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The title pretty much covers it. What's the best (ie. strongest) glue for fixing magnets into miniatures?

Epoxy or superglue will do the job quite nicely as it's neat with little oozing out. You can use green stuff but it's not that secure and you need more to overlap and secure.

Superglue should be more than fine.

That's great. Cheers guys.

I use GW Superglue and on a couple of occasions where the magnetwas sitting in a hollow I melted the plastic slightly with a hot screwdriver so the magnet could not be wrenched out.
But that is me going over board and the glue will probably be enough

I used super glue. I tried to take a magnet off a mini recently to reposition a piece and had a hell of a time getting the magnet off.

Superglue isn't always the best way - depends what surface you're attaching it to. If you're glueing the magnet into a hole, where the glue will contact on the base and around the sides, then superglue will be fine. But if you're attaching it flat to a surface, then I find superglue isn't quite enough. It's all about surface area - the more there is, the better the hold. Consider using greenstuff to increase surface area, or having the magnet in a position where it can't escape anyway. It's all down to practise, prototypes and experience. (Crude) Examples:

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6750/magnetexamples.jpg

I'm going to be drilling holes for the magnets. It's for interchangeable weapons for my Necromunda gang. I shall be doing some experimentation first to make sure there's no "swivel".

Well, if your going to bry the magnet in a hole, make the hole a little deeper and cover the magnet with Green Stuff. Gives you a better appearing end and seals the magnet in place.
I've used SuperGlue on magnets (rare earth) and found (especially on a flat surface) the magnet can get pulled off the glue. Never had that problem with GS.

just remember the single most important rule when working with magnets however:
POLARITY!

Green stuff is okay to use, but there are way better Epoxies out there that are much stronger (although do not sculpt as well).

I would recommend using glue for flatter magnets. I always sand the surface and then wash it in alcohol to make it rougher and provide more gaps for the glue to penetrate and hold on. The same for mounting using Epoxy. When I use epoxy I press the magnet in then drip a bit of glue as well and use that. I haven't lost a magnet yet and I am putting them on Penitent engine arms and other really heavy metal pieces.

Edit: Note on polarity. I always align my magnets when they are in close proximity to pull at one another 'through' the model which make them stay in place for the gluing process much better. So for the arms of a penitent engine I arrange them as N-S =PE=N-S