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Updated: Sunday May. 20, 2012 7:43 AM PT

The timely intervention of an RCMP negotiator is being credited with saving the life of a woman held hostage during a standoff in which it's believed the man responsible died. More

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Jenna Talackova the first transgendered Miss Universe contestant is seen on stage during the preliminary round of the Miss Universe Canada contest in Toronto on Thursday May 17, 2012. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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