Stronghold

Even as Detroit automakers move their focus away from pickups to small, fuel-efficient cars, full-size trucks still make up more than 20% of sales by Detroit automakers and could play a key role in helping the companies recover in 2010. Read More

The family of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab say they warned security agencies two months ago that they feared he had become radicalised after he disappeared to the al-Qa'ida stronghold of Yemen. Read More

Two out of three Canadians believe a victory by NATO forces in Afghanistan is impossible, despite upcoming reinforcements of 30,000 US troops, an opinion survey says. Read More

"They are extremely effective in the areas where we are focused," the general told the newspaper. Read More

Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the state-run news agency said. Read More

At least two people have been killed in a mysterious blast that shook Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, a security official says, amid reports it may have targeted the Palestinian Hamas movement. Read More