Cannot redeclare __() (previously declared in

I am trying to show the latest blog post into magento home page. For that, I have created a phtml file in /themedirectory/template/blog/latestposts.phtml with the wordpress loop which starts like:

<?php
// Include WordPress
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('/home/studi111/public_html/primary/blog/wp-blog-header.php');
query_posts('showposts=1');
...
?>

And I am calling the phtml file in magento cms page like follow:
{{block type="core/template" template="blog/latestpost.phtml"}}

And I get – Fatal error: Cannot redeclare __() (previously declared in /home/studi111/public_html/primary/app/code/local/Mage/Core/functions.php:97

How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

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