Calling WordPress header file from another directo

I used a relative path with mine.
I have an archive for my templates, so my main stuff is in the root, and I have old index.php’s saved in a directory called /oldnews
so now for the stuff in old news i just added a dot. My header-call says it’s in ../wp-includes instead of ./wp-includes, and it seems to work. Maybe try hunting in that direction.

relative path works on my homepage too. i am directly calling the database in place of rss syndication ??

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried using a relative path: require(‘../wp-blog-header.php’);
It came up with the same error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/.furcatheaterheater/ronrapp/public_html/wp-includes/wp-l10n.php on line 37

For what it’s worth, it always refers to line 37 of wp-l10n.php, which is this section:
// Return a translated string.
function __($text) {
global $l10n;
return $l10n->translate($text);

Anyone have any ideas on this?? I’ve tried searching Google, the support forums here, mosquito, etc. I’ve tried changing the path from absolute to relative, it doesn’t work. I’ve also checked to make sure there are no extra carriage returns in there, as I know that sometimes plays havoc.
Perhaps one of the developers could chime in with an idea?

Here’s some more info:
I’m trying to call the wp-blog-header.php file from /WProot/gallery/
That directory has it’s own .htaccess file (used to make Gallery work properly). Any chance this could be causing the “Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/ronrapp/public_html/wp-includes/wp-l10n.php on line 37” error?
# BEGIN Gallery section
# (Automatically generated. Do not edit this section)
# Note: still under development, so format may change.
# If you edit this file, make a backup before runnng the Config. Wizard.

Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /gallery/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^\.\?/]+)/([0-9]+)$ /gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=$1&index=$2 [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^\.\?/]+)/([A-Za-z_0-9\-]+)$ /gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=$1&id=$2 [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^\.\?/]+)/$ /gallery/$1 [R]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^\.\?/]+)$ /gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=$1 [QSA]
</IfModule>
# END Gallery section. Add User changes below this line