I am really new to using linux and have just formatted my centos 5.2 vps and am trying to install links by using the command yum install links. But the following error gets displayed:

[root@inverses ~]# yum install links
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * lxlabsupdate: download.lxlabs.com
 * lxlabslxupdate: download.lxlabs.com
 * base: ftp.nluug.nl
 * updates: distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr
 * addons: mirror.answerstolove.com
 * extras: distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/CentOS/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.ukhost4u.com/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://centosh2.centos.org/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://centosf.centos.org/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://centoso3.centos.org/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://centosk.centos.org/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://centosv.centos.org/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://centosk3.centos.org/centos/5.2/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again

From what I gather after checking out some of the URLs to see if they exist or not is that they require a redirect from .../5.2/.. to just ../5/ Is this a common thing to have to change? and how could I change this?

Here is my CentOS-Base.repo http://pastebin.com/m67c1a022