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Port-Au-Prince, Jan 18 (AFP) A Danish UN worker was pulled alive from the ruins of the UN mission headquarters in Haiti, just shortly after UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited the ravaged compound.

The official, a Danish civil affairs expert serving with the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) "was conscious, lifted his arms" but did not speak, said UN official Nick Birnback. He did not confirm the man's identity.

But another member of the UN forces, who asked not to be named, said the lucky survivor was Jen Kristensen. "They just pulled him out without a scratch," he said.

Ban, who took a helicopter tour to survey the destruction, described the news as "a small miracle".

His tour of the devastated MINUSTAH headquarters was at the centre of his morale-boosting visit to the devastated Haitian capital.