No problem ...
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2012/s3569972.htm
http://www.freedomhouse.org/blog/assange%E2%80%99s-friend-correa-journalists-are-assassins-ink
http://www.cpj.org/blog/2012/08/as-it-backs-assange-ecuador-represses-free-express.php

I've selected links from different sources.
Interesting to read the source you quoted. Re assassination, I note what was outlined was
1. A FORMER AIDE to the CANADIAN  PM calling for Assages death
2. A REPUBLICAN (I'n not au fait with USA politics, but I know the president is a Democrat, and I'd assume a lone republican voice couldn't be called the US govt calling for anything.
3. A FORMER white house staffer who PARTLY supported the republican
4, A FOX NEWS commentator.

There are calls for prosecution for espionage, agreed. That seems odd to me (too). Note tho from your quoted article... "Punishments under the Espionage Act can include the death penalty, although in practice the US has not executed anyone for a crime other than murder since 1962"

I think the link you supplied has nothing to do with the US GOVT calling for Assage's assassination.

Assange in bed with Correa???? A tad hypocritical?

Steps I've taken...
1. scanned MY computer. Since other people reported the hijacking, didnt expect this to fix anything
2. Replaced all instances of hacked htaccess files with a benign versions. The hacked ones returned and I replaced them again.
3. Checked all htaccess files were chmodded to 644.
4. Changed control panel and ftp passwords
5. Flushed DNS as per advice.

Last check shows all is normal but I'll be interested (nay, scared!) to see what the morning brings.
Again, thanks for the interest and suggestions
tony
Edit: I just rechecked. With firefox and opera,  the site works fine. With chrome, I get the russian redirect behaviour. I've cleared browsing data in all.